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Plague, The

By: Knopf Publishing Group

Type: Novel - Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Novels (Knopf Publishing Group)

Last Stocked on 4/15/2022

Product Info

Title
Plague, The
Category
Author
Albert Camus
Publish Year
1993
Dimensions
8x6x1"
NKG Part #
2147919596
Type
Novel - Hardcover

Description

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.