![]() ![]() Camus was killed in a road accident in 1960. My copy of The Plague (shown above) is the Robin Buss translation from Penguin Modern Classics (paperback, ISBN 9780141185132, 256 pages). His books include The Plague, The Just and The Fall, and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. He was one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement and, after the War, established his international reputation as a writer. He studied philosophy in Algiers and then worked in Paris as a journalist. 'A matchless fable of fear, courage and cowardice' IndependentĪlbert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913. ![]() telltale signs of human interventions during natural disasters. The opening hook is crisp, effective and spot-on Most relevant to today’s world of Coronavirus and subtle ways to depict the machinations of the media. 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.Īn 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 story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. The Plague by Albert Camus and translated from French to English by Stuart Gilbert. ![]() Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. ![]() The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage ![]()
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