The plague

278 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 1958

OCLC Number:
951235891

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4 stars (2 reviews)

Chaos prevails when the bubonic plague strikes the Algerian coastal city of Oran.

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Review of '[1948 Modern Library Edition] The Plague by Albert Camus; Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Just finished this. Quite hard work, and obviously now we've all lived through COVID, it's less "amazing thing that will never happen" and more "a bit like 2020". I'm glad I ploughed through it, but I didn't really gel with any of the characters, and the storytelling device was a bit strange.

Subjects

  • Plague
  • Fiction