That Time of Year

Edward Engelberg has written a most compelling tale about the sunset days in a professor's life marking each of Jack Morris's wounds with delicacy and accuracy. Husband father teacher Jack is losing ground in each of these positions and the result is a moving portrait etched with care skill and lingering beauty. Densely absorbing meticulously composed <I>That Time of Year</I> is a work of high seriousness and I recommend it highly.-<b>Alan Lelchuk</b> author of <I>American Mischief</I> <I>Brooklyn Boy</I> and <I>Ziff: A Life?</I></p>After forty years in the classroom the joy of teaching has gradually disappeared for Jack Morris a professor of literature at a New England university. The gulf between him (growing older) and the students (always the same age) has widened. Contributing to his problem are a false accusation of sexual assault from a former student the outing of his only son the romantic problems his oldest daughter faces and the fact that his wife is at the top of her game.</p>Should he voluntarily retire? With his world collapsing around him Morris faces one of the most difficult decisions of his career-and his life.</p>