{"product_id":"higher-education-paperback-1","title":"Higher Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIndira Tagore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere is no outside of history...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia, 2002. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRohan is a freshman at Irvine College, a student in the painful shadow of 9\/11. He dreams not of war or politics, but of making his parents proud by excelling in school. Fearful of the national mood and protective of his only son, his father, a proud Indian immigrant, suggests Rohan find safety among other first-generation Indians. Dutifully, Rohan pledges a fraternity, finding friendship and acceptance among those so seemingly like him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in one of his classes, Rohan meets Azada, a beautiful Muslim American. Though he knows his parents and pledge brothers would never approve, he can't help seek her out, he can't help falling in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs President Bush's drumbeat for invading Iraq grows louder, and as anti-Muslim rhetoric grows in the national discourse, Rohan's fraternity becomes increasingly radicalized and suspicious of Irvine College's Muslim population.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a controversial Muslim cleric is scheduled to speak at school in the name of free speech, the political and ethnic tensions on campus come to a head and Rohan can no longer avoid taking a side. Caught between his heart and his clan, his idealism and his patriotism, Rohan must confront his beliefs by learning that the political is always personal and there is no existing outside of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs America approaches the twentieth anniversary of 9\/11, Indira Tagore's \u003cem\u003eHigher Education\u003c\/em\u003e reminds readers through brave, unflinching prose of the innocence lost and darkness unleashed in the wake of that tragedy: the Islamophobia, the xenophobia, and the domestic disorder still very much with us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when the very definition of what it means to be American is under attack, Indira Tagore's \u003cem\u003eHigher Education\u003c\/em\u003e is the literary novel for our current moment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160911515783,"sku":"9781735086309","price":20.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4357b4579b7743fa339950e5abfc02de.webp?v=1733276749","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/higher-education-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}