City of Laughter Style:Hardcover Jo is in a strange

Jo is in a strange new country for university and having a more peculiar time than most

queer and question dominant narratives

she must confront her fear and self-diminishment in order to feel truly alive

Shantanu Das is living in the shadows of his past

Born into a world of con artists and thieves

City of Laughter Style:Hardcover Jo is in a strangeBy Temim Fruchter A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood, half hidden secrets, and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of 100 years An ambitious, delirious novel that tangles with queerness, spirituality, and generational silence, City of Laughter announces Temim Fruchter as a fresh and assured new literary voice. The tale of a young queer woman stuck in a