Plague by Albert Camus (1991, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679720219
ISBN-139780679720218
eBay Product ID (ePID)33743

Product Key Features

Book TitlePlague
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Classics, Literary
Publication Year1991
GenreFiction
AuthorAlbert Camus
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN90-050477
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal843/.9/14
Synopsis"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., "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.
LC Classification NumberPQ2605.A3734P413

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  • Good

    Book is good. Wish the copy is received had had this displayed cover- which is much prettier than the one I got which has a bloody street on it.

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  • Very relevant to global virus.

    Straight forward translation of Albert Camus' novel of the human condition in dealing with disease and vaccine. Contains Dr. Rieux's famous statement: "I don't believe in God, that's why I am taking care of the sick."

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  • Plague

    I would have given it a five except that the book I received has a different cover. Since I ordered it for a class, I’m hoping the paging is the same.

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  • Plague or pandemic,they're all the same

    This book is very timely,due to our own twenty first century pandemic Camus captures the psychological toll isolation and fear and misinformation that arises when a deadly plague,similar to our own pandemic guts the lives of a coastal town prophetic

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  • The plague

    A bit depressing but great book

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  • Great price

    Great price for a great book

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  • Great value

    Good value and supports charitable work. Thanks!

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  • very compeling for our times

    en·ter·tain·ing!!!!

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  • Okay

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  • good book

    good book

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