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The laughter : a novel / Sonora Jha.

Jha, Sonora, (author.).

Summary:
"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.
Subject: Social classes > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Misogyny > Fiction.
Privilege (Social psychology) > Fiction.
Student movements > Fiction.
College teachers > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Genre: Campus fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.

Available copies

  • 16 of 16 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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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 -


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