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The Plague

Name: The Plague
Rating: 5 (10 reviews)
Author: Albert Camus
ISBN: 9780140171068

Albert Camus · 2001 · 256 pages

Oran, a large French port on the Algerian Coast, becomes afflicted by the plague. This is the story of a community like any other, suddenly impotent in the face of a destructive force to which it must not submit. Set during the German occupation of World War II.

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Nassim Taleb
“In the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, a character spends part of his life searching for the perfect opening sentence for a novel. Once he had that sentence, he had the full book as a derivation of the opening. But the reader, to understand and appreciate the first sentence, will have to read the entire book.”
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“I read his other works the plague as well which is uh equally amazing”
Rachel Cusk
“Generation after generation, Camus’ novel about a modern city afflicted by the medieval scourge of bubonic plague retains its relevance and freshness as a social metaphor, not to mention as a compelling narrative.”↗
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