The Red Chestnut Bookstore

by Don Light


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Softcover
£9.54
Softcover
£9.54

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 18/02/2011

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 216
ISBN : 9781456711030

About the Book

The book is a novel about the consequences of a large increase in fees imposed on students by the administration of the University of California as a result of severe cuts in funding by the State Legislature. Thousands of students demonstrate against the fee hike. Also other forms of protest take place, such as students blocking the entrances to the administration building. The main emphasis is on the role of a few students in leading the protests and a telling of their love affairs.


About the Author

Don Light is the pen name of a retired professor of physics at Indiana University in Bloomington. He was active there for 30 years, teaching, doing research, and writing three books in physics, all of which have been published. Since retiring, he has written four novels, the most recent of which is “The Red Chestnut Bookstore,” a fictional account of events at the University of California, Berkeley. The author is familiar with Berkeley, having visited relatives there quite often.