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The Dean's December - Saul Bellow

The Dean's December - Saul Bellow

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"The Dean's December is a surprisingly old-fashioned story of East and West. Corde, the protagonist, is caught between the horrors of living for just a while in Communist Romania and his feelings for home-town Chicago. Most surprising is his point of view as he observes rather than condemns conditions in this tale of two cities. While The Dean's December has been called one of Bellow's most depressing works, I found it strangely optimistic. There's a wonderful scene at the end as the couple stares at the heavens at the Palomar observatory. What could be more positive than that!" - Amazon Customer Reviews

  • Mô tả

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.