{"product_id":"the-laughter-hardcover","title":"The Laughter - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSonora Jha\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Sonora Jha expertly inhabits the perspective of a man so terrified of the old world slipping away, he can't see the ground shifting beneath his feet. A deliciously sharp, mercilessly perceptive exploration of power, \u003cem\u003eThe Laughter \u003c\/em\u003eexplores how 'otherness' is both fetishized and demonized, and what it means to love something--a person, a country--that does not love you back.\"--Celeste Ng, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e-bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOur Missing Hearts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA white male college professor develops a dangerous obsession with his new Pakistani colleague in this modern, iconoclastic novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuhaba 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. Drawn to 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter protests break out demanding diversity across the university, Oliver 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, Oliver reacts in ways shocking and devastating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn explosive, tense, and illuminating work of fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Laughter\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170794016903,"sku":"9780063240254","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a54aef1138507f533d57ef7576974b97.webp?v=1733350698","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-laughter-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}