The Dean's December
Author: Bellow, Saul
ISBN: 9780141188867
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 194mm x 132mm x 19mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
New to Penguin Modern Classics
Dean Corde is a man of position and authority at a Chicago university. He accompanies his wife to Bucharest where her mother, a celebrated figure, lies dying in a state hospital. As he tries to help her grapple with an unfeeling bureaucracy, news filters through to him of problems left behind in Chicago. A student had been been murdered and Corde had directed that charges be pressed against two black youths, but controversy and pressure are mounting against the university administration. Further, a series of articles written by Corde has offended influential Chicagoans whom he had counted as friends. Corde is troubled- at home the centre is not holding firm, in Eastern Europe authority is cruel and dehumanising.
ISBN: 9780141188867
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 194mm x 132mm x 19mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
New to Penguin Modern Classics
Dean Corde is a man of position and authority at a Chicago university. He accompanies his wife to Bucharest where her mother, a celebrated figure, lies dying in a state hospital. As he tries to help her grapple with an unfeeling bureaucracy, news filters through to him of problems left behind in Chicago. A student had been been murdered and Corde had directed that charges be pressed against two black youths, but controversy and pressure are mounting against the university administration. Further, a series of articles written by Corde has offended influential Chicagoans whom he had counted as friends. Corde is troubled- at home the centre is not holding firm, in Eastern Europe authority is cruel and dehumanising.
