The laughter : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages : 24 cm.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
3. Race relations-Fiction.
College teachers -- Fiction.
Divorced people -- Fiction.
FICTION / Literary
Misogyny -- Fiction
Novels.
Pakistanis -- Fiction
Privilege (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
Radicalization -- Fiction.
Social classes - fiction
Student movements -- Fiction
Thrillers (Fiction).
3. Race relations-Fiction.
College teachers -- Fiction.
Divorced people -- Fiction.
FICTION / Literary
Misogyny -- Fiction
Novels.
Pakistanis -- Fiction
Privilege (Social psychology) -- Fiction.
Radicalization -- Fiction.
Social classes - fiction
Student movements -- Fiction
Thrillers (Fiction).
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Published
New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Street Date
2302
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Dr. Oliver Harding, a tenured professor of English, is long settled into the routines of a divorced, aging academic. But his quiet, staid life is upended by his new colleague, Ruhaba Khan, a dynamic Pakistani Muslim law professor. Ruhaba unexpectedly ignites Oliver's long-dormant passions, a secret desire that quickly tips towards obsession after her teenaged nephew, Adil Alam, arrives from France to stay with her. Getting to know them, Oliver tries to reconcile his discomfort with the worlds from which they come, and to quiet his sense of dismay at the encroaching change they represent-both in background and in Ruhaba's spirited engagement with the student movements on campus. After protests break out on campus demanding diversity across the university, Harding finds himself and his beliefs under fire, even as his past reveals a picture more complicated than it seems. As Ruhaba seems attainable yet not, and as the women of his past taunt his memory, Harding reacts in ways shocking and devastating. An explosive, tense, and illuminating work of fiction, The Laughter is a fascinating portrait of privilege, radicalization, class, and modern academia that forces us to confront the assumptions we make, as both readers and as citizens"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jha, S. (2023). The laughter: a novel (First HarperVia edition.). HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jha, Sonora. 2023. The Laughter: A Novel. HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jha, Sonora. The Laughter: A Novel HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jha, Sonora. The Laughter: A Novel First HarperVia edition., HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
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