# The Dean's December

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/saul-bellow/the-deans-december

![The Dean's December](https://quivercdn.com/covers/penguin-classics/saul-bellow/the-deans-december_978-01-4118-886-7.jpg?v=2026-04-23%2012%3A34%3A14)

- Authors: [Saul Bellow](https://www.bookquiver.com/saul-bellow)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-04-05

## Description

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.

## Editions

### The Dean's December

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-886-7
- Pages: 320
- Published: 2023-02-23
- Language: en_GB

### The Dean's December

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4191-680-4
- Published: 2012-04-05
- Language: en_GB