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Albert Camus: De Pest (Dutch language, 1980, De Bezige Bij)

Paperback, 224 pages

Dutch language

Published Aug. 8, 1980 by De Bezige Bij.

ISBN:
978-90-234-0059-2
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The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus, published in 1947, that tells the story of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. It asks a number of questions relating to the nature of destiny and the human condition. The characters in the book, ranging from doctors to vacationers to fugitives, all help to show the effects the plague has on a populace.

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Review of '[1948 Modern Library Edition] The Plague by Albert Camus; Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Just finished this. Quite hard work, and obviously now we've all lived through COVID, it's less "amazing thing that will never happen" and more "a bit like 2020". I'm glad I ploughed through it, but I didn't really gel with any of the characters, and the storytelling device was a bit strange.