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Summary:THE FIRST OF 5 CONVERSATIONS EXPLORING A GROWING SENSE OF UNEASE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE YEAR 2000. "DEATH OF THE DREAM" NOBEL LAUREATE SAUL BELLOW INVITES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMENTATOR CONNOR CRUISE O'BRIEN AND FORMER PERUVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND NOVELIST MARIO VARGAS LLOSA TO DISCUSS HIS FEARS FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. IRREVERSIBLE ECONOMIC DECLINE AND LOOMING ETHNIC CONFLICT AND SEPARATION HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT CONDITIONS IN THE USA IN WHICH SAUL BELLOW FORSEES NOT ONLY A SERIOUS DEPLETION OF PERSONAL LIFE BUT A PROFOUND THREAT TO A CULTURE BASED ON THE BEST TRADITIONS OF THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT. ALSO CONTRIBUTING ARE; GORE VIDAL, ARTHUR M SCHLESIGNER JNR., DAVID RIEFF, LAURIE ANDERSON AND TONI MORRISON.
Description:INTELLIGENT LITERARY DISCUSSION ABOUT VARIOUS SERIOUS ASPECTS OF FIN DE SIECLE