The Plague
by:
Albert Camus (author)
Stuart Gilbert (contributor)
Suddenly one April the rats in Oran came of cellars and sewers, first singly and then in tens and hundreds, to die in the streets. At first the citizens of Oran refused to connect this with the mounting human death rate. But finally the implications had to be acknowledged; the Prefect...
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Suddenly one April the rats in Oran came of cellars and sewers, first singly and then in tens and hundreds, to die in the streets. At first the citizens of Oran refused to connect this with the mounting human death rate. But finally the implications had to be acknowledged; the Prefect telegraphed: Proclaim a state of plague stop close the town.A doctor, a journalist, a min
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Modern Library (NY)
Pages no: 278
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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