The Plague
by:
Robin Buss (author)
Albert Camus (author)
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...
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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 story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141185132 (0141185139)
Publish date: April 1st 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 238
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Philosophy,
France,
French Literature
3-1/2 out of 5 stars. Translated from French.I purchased this audiobook because I'm into apocalyptic/dystopian books and thought from the cover that this is what the book would be about. It's slightly like that. There's an outbreak of the bubonic plague in a town in Algeria which ends up being cut o...
I refuse to force myself to finish a book I find truly unenjoyable ...in Every sense of the word.
Jeśli ktoś kiedyś powie mi, że można żyć bez snu, chyba zrobię temu komuś wielką krzywdę. Bardzo wielką. Bo się nie da. Ja, bardzo mądra dziewoja próbowałam. Bo nagle okazało się, że po nauce i wszystkich innych czynnościach związanych z domem i rodziną, trochę zaczęło mi brakować czasu na tak długi...
The plague has arrived in Oran, Algeria. As each day passes, the townspeople endure horror after horror. Unable to leave the city, they are separated from loved ones who had left before the quarantine or who have died. Food becomes scarce even though the rich, as always, have enough. Month after mon...
Świetna pozycja! Jeden z nielicznych przykładów na to, że wśród kanonu lektur szkolnych znajdują się jednak perełki traktujące o problemach realnie ponadczasowych i uniwersalnych. Cała ta piękna, lecz zarazem dająca do myślenia treść, opisana jest zgrabnym, finezyjnym, czasem nieco poetyckim (jednak...
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