Author: Camus, Albert, Judt, Professor Tony
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
Published on 30 July 2020 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 368 pages
182 x 112 x 25 | 214g
'A story for our, and all, times' Guardian The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courageThe 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.
'A matchless fable of fear, courage and cowardice' Independent'Magnificent' The Times