The Plague

Informationen zum Autor Albert Camus (1913-60) grew up in a working-class neighbourhood in Algiers. He studied philosophy at the University of Algiers, and became a journalist. His most important works include The Outsider , The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague and The Fall . After the occupation of France by the Germans in 1941, Camus became one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement. He was killed in a road accident, and his last unfinished novel, The First Man , appeared posthumously. Klappentext A new translation, by Robin Buss, of Camus' second most popular book after "The Outsider". Zusammenfassung The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. This title tells the story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.

Product details

• Authors: Robin Buss, Albert Camus, Tony Judt
• Assisted by: Ton Judt (Editor), Tony Judt (Editor), Tony Judt (Introduction), Robin Buss (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.12.2002
• EAN: 9780141185132
• ISBN: 978-0-14-118513-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); FICTION / Literary, Fiction in translation, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Narrative theme: Interior life, Algeria, Phenomenology and Existentialism