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The Plague
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 843.914
EAN: 9780679720218
ISBN: 0679720219
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: May 07, 1991
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: May 07, 1991
Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review:
The Nobel prize-winning Albert Camus, who died in 1960, could not have known how grimly current his existentialist novel of epidemic and death would remain. Set in Algeria, in northern Africa, The Plague is a powerful study of human life and its meaning in the face of a deadly virus that sweeps dispassionately through the city, taking a vast percentage of the population with it.
A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Find meaning in a meaningless existence / Camus is one cool cat
After reading The Stranger and thoroughly enjoying it, I decided to purchase The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays (Everyman's Library), and have just got done reading The Plague. Frankly, this review begins with a summary of Camus' philosophical outlook; I find these particularly relevant to a decision whether or not to purchase one of his books, and I discuss this relevance below. After that, I talk about the plot and what the bulk of the book is actually about. Finally, ... Read More
Rating:  - talk about a depression attack
if you like to feel depressed, then by all means read this book....it is dark and imaginary smells are those of death....yuk....totally discusting.
Rating: - Tragically relevant
In light of the constant scare of chemical warfare we are faced with in this age where even the barbarians in the middle east have access to technology, this book still has much to offer.
There is one major theme in this novel and that is stay maintain a level head. Many of the casualties in the story are victimized by their own fear and irrational actions. From the rushed and fatal antidote to the brutallity inside the quarantined city.
This book also holds relevence to the fear that had gripped ... Read More
Rating: - Camus ...interesting as always...
The Plague is another of Camus's magnificently constructed plots, a story created as a way to present his philosophy of life and existence.
The novel is about a plague that sweeps the Algerian city of Oran. Characters deal with the plague and the imprisonment they face because of the disease in different ways, but all characters mature greatly along the way. Interestingly, the ethical, noble, and charismatic characters like Dr. Rieux and Tarrou-just like Camus-are atheist. Both characters think all humans ... Read More
Rating: - beautiful
First, this text is not for anyone looking for fast-moving action. It can move very slowly at times as Camus often takes several pages to describe the mundane scenery. There's no real plot as one would expect in a novel; but rather, the story moves slowly from the onset of the plague to its end, with detailed descriptions of a few of the characters and (less-than-shocking) descriptions of people's suffering.
But the reason I give this text five stars is for its beautiful language. It's not meant to ... Read More
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