The Dean's December

Декан Корд пользуется уважением своих коллег по Чикагскому университету. Вместе с женой он отправляется в Бухарест к ее умирающей матери. До него доходят новости о проблемах в Чикаго. Корд обвинил двух темнокожих мужчин в убийстве студента, в связи с чем администрация университета подверглась критике. Кроме того, своими статьями Корд оскорбляет друзей, которых считал друзьями. The Dean’s December – роман американского писателя Сола Беллоу. Книга на английском языке. 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.