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The Plague

Albert Camus

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Jun 10, 2012 Rowena rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: camus, favourite-authors, bookclub-reads

"Treeless, glamourless, soulless, the town of Oran ends by seeming restful and, after a while, you go complacently to sleep there."

The Plague is set in Oran, a city in Algeria that experiences a breakout of the Bubonic plague, and is soon placed under quarantine. We witness the changes among this community as they are cut off from the outside world; they experience all manners of emotions from hysteria, despondency, avarice, uncertainty,self-reflection and fear.

The Plague is definitely a depre ...more

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Jul 08, 2017 Annet added it

Read this one years and years ago for my French class... not an easy book. Maybe reread. Thanks Luis for the recommendation and reminding me!

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May 01, 2013 Jess rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2013, owned, new-2-u-author-challenge, magenta-mix-up

This was an interesting and very different book than most relating to epidemics and plagues. It presented a very detailed account of the effect of the plague on the town of Oran as a whole, while mixing in a few personal accounts to make it feel real. I was pleased to learn that this was set in Algeria, a different setting than usual, though understandable when you consider that that’s where the author, Albert Camus, is from.

I really enjoyed the tone of this book. It was written in the form of a ...more

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