Synopsis
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 mounting problems left behind in Chicago. Corde is troubled: at home the centre is not holding firm, in Eastern Europe authority is cruel and dehumanizing.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780141188867
- Number of pages: 320
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 18 mm
- Weight: 236g
- Languages: English