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The Plague

by Albert Camus
The Plague

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ISBN13: 9780679720218
ISBN10: 0679720219
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A haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus' iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror.

An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.

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"A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair." Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post

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"Its relevance lashes you across the face." Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times

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“[Camus] helps us understand our own responses, as a community and as individuals, in the face of extraordinary challenges.” David Hage, The Star Tribune

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“Through his characters, Camus examines how people respond as individuals — and as part of a collective — to suffering and death. Whether it is a solitary experience or a show of social solidarity, nobody is indifferent.” Kim Willsher, The Guardian

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“The plague, as Camus insisted, exposes existing fractures in societies, in class structure and individual character; under stress, we see who we really are.” Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker

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Born in Algeria in 1913, Albert Camus published The Stranger — now one of the most widely read novels of this century — in 1942. Celebrated in intellectual circles, Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. On January 4, 1960, he was killed in a car accident.

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I've always loved Camus for his glass-is-half-full version of existentialism, and The Plague is my favorite of all his fiction works. It is a vivid picture of the beauty which can be found in an imperfect world.

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ISBN:
9780679720218
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
05/07/1991
Publisher:
Vintage
Pages:
320
Height:
.67IN
Width:
5.20IN
Series:
Vintage International (Paperback)
Copyright Year:
1975
Translator:
Stuart Gilbert
Author:
Albert Camus
Subject:
Continental european fiction (fictional works
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Plague
Subject:
Plague -- Fiction.
Subject:
Fiction
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Translations into english
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