Zadie Smith`s White Teeth
An Englishman, Archie Jones, and a Bengali Muslim named Samad Iqbal, who first met after World War II in Turkey, encounter each other again 30 years later in the North-West London neighborhood where they live with their families. The daughter of Archie and his Jamaican wife falls in love with Samad`s radical fundamentalist son. Archie`s sister-in-law is a fervent Jehovah`s witness. Samad is plagued by guilt over his affair with his children`s schoolteacher. And a nearby Jewish family tries to interfere in their lives. In a stew of often competing multicultural elements, Archie, Samad, and their families struggle to find their identities amid the complexities of the 1970s. Zadie Smith calls her acclaimed novel a utopian view of race relations: It`s what it might be and what it should be and maybe what it will be. A New York Times Editors` Choice for one of the best books of 2000. Nominated in 2001 for a National Book Critics Circle Award. This is a reader`s guide to the novel. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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