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For the Power-Hungry, a Dog's Death Waited; DEATH AS A WAY OF LIFE.. By Francisco Ayala. Translated by Joan MacLean from the Spanish, “Muer­tes de Petro.” 218 pp. New York: The Macmillan Company. $4.95.

IN this somber, grotesque and caustically lucid novel, human life could not possibly be less worth living. The setting is an unidentified Central American republic ruled despotically by President Anton Bocanegra and his First Lady, the lewd and scheming Dona Concha. From the beginning of the story, every character, with the exception of the narrator, Luis Pinedo, has died a dog's death (hence the original title of the work, “Muertes de Perro”).

Martha Beck, Who Founded the Drawing Center in New York, Dies at 75

Ms. Beck established the small alternative museum the Drawing Center in SoHo in 1977, and marshaled modest grants to organize exhibitions of major-museum quality.

Mary Burke Nicholas Washington Dies at 88; Led New York Police Review Board

As Mary Burke Nicholas, the name by which she was known before 1994, Mrs. Washington held prominent government posts in New York throughout the 1970s and ’80s.

Dennis Wrong, 94, One of the Last of the ‘New York Intellectuals,’ Dies

Part of a mid-20th-century cadre of sophists, he wrote prodigiously, and iconoclastically, in left-leaning journals while earning distinction as a sociologist.

A Struggling New York Farmer Is Charged With Animal Abuse in the Deaths of 27 Cows

The dairy farmer’s family vehemently denied the animals were neglected, and said they may have died from pneumonia.

Herman D. Farrell Jr., a Fixture of New York Politics, Dies at 86

A longtime Democratic assemblyman, Mr. Farrell was a trusted, gentlemanly party leader in New York and once ran for mayor.

Juan Flores, a Scholar of Puerto Rican Culture in New York, Dies at 71

Professor Flores, a pioneer in studying “Nuyorican” culture, was the director of Latino studies at New York University and an advocate for Puerto Rican writers.

Frederick Douglass’s Original New York Times Obituary From 1895

Douglass, who was described as an adviser to President Lincoln, a skillful writer and orator and an activist for abolition and women’s suffrage, died suddenly.

Shock in Southern Tier of New York as Hopes of Gambling and Fracking Both Die

Hopes in the Binghamton area for an economic revival led by hydraulic fracturing and a luxury casino were dashed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

Metro Briefing | New York: Brooklyn: Child Chokes To Death On Piece Of Rubber Glove

Five-year-old Brooklyn boy chokes to death while playing with piece of rubber glove (S)