White Teeth
Main Ideas
- Multiculturalism and ethnic identity: the book explores the lives of immigrants in London and their struggle to maintain their cultural identity in a new society.
- Family relationships and heritage: the novel examines complex family ties and how the past generations influence the present and future.
- Chance and fate: the book raises the question of how much our lives are determined by random events and how much they are predestined.
- Science and religion: through its characters and their stories, the novel explores the conflict and interaction between scientific and religious views.
- Challenges of assimilation and integration: the novel highlights the difficulties immigrants face when trying to integrate into a new society and how this affects their self-identity.
Date of publication: 2 February 2025
Updated: 14 November 2026
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Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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