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This is a transformative must read. It is profound and sobering. Needed this for my son highschool class.
Zadie smith has a rare gift to capture her people – the people the british empire walked over in various corners of the world and whose decedents now live in corners of london. Her on a novel is not nearly as rich a tale as she reached out for an amer... Read More
Irie is the child of clara and archie jones, an african american woman and white man of low-status living in england. At the heart of the book are archie and samad. For those of west indian origin, there will be moments of recognition. For more inform... Read More
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Quality
This author has written a wonderful book with the symbolism of “white teeth
I just wanted to get on with the dialogue and action
But the second half picked up a lot and i found myself more involved with the characters
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Read it slow read it fast read it again
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novel, long, good, first and through. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 5,889 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 2 2023.
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Not an easy thing to pull off
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This book makes racism and other forms of discrimination look like what they actually are outofdate and useless
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However it was much too long when it came to explanation
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I just wanted to get on with the dialogue and action
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Then get ready for a slow drive that becomes a searing crash at the intersection of cultures values religions classes science faith and motivations
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Every time i tried to hate what seemed like over the top and contrived sentences
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Id finish the paragraph in question seeing and appreciating why all the word choices were made
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The novel is super lengthy about 500 pages or close to
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