The Plague (Penguin Modern Classics)

One of best Camus novel .everyone should read this novel once

Nice book

The book is absolute gold, but the condition i received it was not present. It's edges are curles and points are little damaged. Overall book is good.

A mirror to society. Prescient. The book make terrific sense in the middle of the Covid lockdown. In the best tradition of the French existentialists, Camus does not offer sweet consolation. It will make you think. The Plague is as ancient as Man.

The translation and the novel are very good but the book cover was damaged

The condition of book when it arrived, was really good. Thank you amazon for the lovely service. Looking forward...

Being in the midst of the plague of the 21 st century, finding what we are going through on each page. ...

Great book, and very up to date and many thoughts to think about. It gives One much to think about.

Esta novela no es solo un alegoría sobre la guerra o la maldad humana, sino también sobre la integridad de aquellos que evitan hacer daño a los demás, porque a veces luchar por tus ideas puede convertirte en lo que no deseas, lo difícil es vivir según tus ideas y respetar al resto. La historia te atrapa, la lectura, pese a su profundidad, es sencilla, hay reflexiones magníficas y la humanidad de los protagonistas te conquista. Una joya.

Camus' story is older than WWII, and it is timely for 2020 America. The plague that closed a North African metropolis in this fiction was carried by rats, and was ended by cold weather. While covid-19 behaves differently, people living through the current plague may see their situations and feelings reflected in Camus' story. Then and now, these range from hope and impatience at lockdowns, to loneliness, anxiety, and a need to live life fully right now - despite the dangers of crowding into bars and events, and being intimate with people, when anyone could be infected. Camus develops a range characters - dedicated doctors and volunteers, sick people and their family members, unemployed who become essential workers, a con artist who thrives on the chaos, an official who grows a heart when his son dies, a preacher who decides to embrace horrors to keep his faith, friends exulting in the release of a forbidden swim at sea, ...and lovers struggling to keep love alive when life demands hard hearts or enforced distance. Parallel to the plague, then and now, runs the threat of facism. Camus resists preaching politics openly, but the allegory is powerful, in the characters and their struggles, and in the disease fought like a war. The novel concludes with celebrations that the plague has ended, reunions of lucky lovers, and a caution. For the deadly germs can lie in hiding, for years, only to rise again. Did we think facism was defeated in 1945? Are new strains alive in 2020? The Plague by Camus does not have the answers, but it has some wisdom to help us better navigate the present and the future.

Greate book, good quality. Font is a bit on the smaller side, but the spacing inbetween sentences improves readability. However this copy is half the price of other editions so if you want to get into Albert Camus and don't mind the font, I would recommend.

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