The Plague
The Plague
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Book Summary
| “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. |
Language: English
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Penguin (2002)
ISBN-10: 9780141185132
ISBN-13: 9780141185132
Genre: Popular Fiction
Shipping Weight: 30 grams
Condition: New
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Book Summary
| “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. |
Language: English
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Penguin (2002)
ISBN-10: 9780141185132
ISBN-13: 9780141185132
Genre: Popular Fiction
Shipping Weight: 30 grams
Condition: New
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