The laughter : a novel / Sonora Jha.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063240254
- ISBN: 0063240254
- Physical Description: x, 302 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First HarperVia edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2023.
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Genre: | Campus fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Novels. |
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Annie Halenbake Ross Library | F Jha (Text) | 00157432 | ADULT Fiction | Available | - |
Carbondale Public Library | FICTION JHA (Text) | 50688010861012 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Exeter Community Library | JHA (Text) | 33249025531942 | Fiction | Available | - |
Kutztown Community Library | JHA (Text) | 33249024886834 | Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | FIC JHA (Text) | 33400001553794 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults JHA Fiction (Text) | 33454005922596 | Reading Room Balcony | Available | - |
Meyersdale Public Library | FIC JHA (Text) | 30512005404080 | MEYM Fiction | Available | - |
Milton Public Library | A JHA (Text) | 33226001074329 | MLTM Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults JHA Fiction (Text) | 34318001220124 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Pottsville Free Public Library | FIC JHA (Text) | 30003009139575 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |