The Plague - Albert Camus

The Plague

By Albert Camus

  • Release Date: 1990-08-17
  • Genre: Philosophy

Description

The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story from the point of view of a narrator of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the start of the last chapter, chapter 5 of part 5. The novel presents a snapshot of life in Oran as seen through the author's distinctive absurdist point of view.

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