Plague (Essential Penguin) [Paperback]

Albert Camus (Author)

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Series: Essential Penguin | Publication Date: September 3, 1998

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a virulent plague. Cut off from the rest of the world, living in fear, they each respond in their own way to the grim challenge of the deadly bacillus. Among them is Dr Rieux, a humanitarian and healer, and it is through his eyes that we witness the devastating course of the epidemic. Written in 1947, just after the Nazi occupation of France, Camus' magnificent novel is also a story of courage and determination against the arbitrariness and seeming absurdity of human existence.

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About the Author

Albert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913. He studied philosophy and then went to work in Paris as a journalist. His play Caligula appeared in 1939. He established an international reputation with books such as The Outsider, The Plague, The Just and The Fall and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. He was killed in a road accident in 1960. His last novel, The First Man, unfinished at the time of his death, appeared for the first time in 1994.

Product Details

Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin (September 3, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140278516
ISBN-13: 978-0140278514
Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,383,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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