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The Plague

By Albert Camus

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The Plague

By Albert Camus

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"Its relevance lashes you across the face." -Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times • "A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair." -Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
1991-05-07
Publication Date:
1991-05-31
Publisher:
VINTAGE
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0679720219
ISBN13:
9780679720218
Weight:
236 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
205 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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