The laughter : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
ISBN
9780063240254, 0063240254
Physical Desc
x, 302 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Bedford - Adult
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Published
New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780063240254, 0063240254

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 HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jha, Sonora. 2023. The Laughter: A Novel. HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Jha, Sonora. The Laughter: A Novel HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Jha, Sonora. The Laughter: A Novel First HarperVia edition., HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023.

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