Though packed with tangential references to various eras and earlier generations, it focuses primarily on the parents and children of the culturally and ethnically diverse Jones, Iqbal, and Chalfen families. White Teeth is an examination of contemporary London, told from a kaleidoscopic range of viewpoints. Smith's unique storytelling style inspired the term "hysterical realism," placing her among the ranks of such writers as Salman Rushdie and Mikhail Bulgakov. The novel was released in 2000 to an enthusiastic and universally positive response. The novel began as a short story, and a single chapter gained Smith a contract with a prominent literary agency. White Teeth is Zadie Smith's acclaimed debut novel, first published when she had barely finished college.
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