false 11989 88 The Nobel prize-winning Albert Camus, who died in 1960, could not have known how grimly current his existentialist novel of epidemic and death would remain. Set in Algeria, in northern Africa, <b>The Plague</b> is a powerful study of human life and its meaning in the face of a deadly virus that sweeps dispassionately through the city, taking a vast percentage of the population with it. 2058116 book 1947 The Plague total:11584|5:3466|4:4566|3:2788|2:621|1:143| 11584 45343 15320 637 2 5 false false Sun Apr 20 19:23:25 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 19:23:45 -0700 2008
I have been on the hunt for books that might fit with my new Fall semester course on Apocalyptic Literature, and this one seemed like a natural fit. I'd read a bit of Camus before - The Stranger, of course, and The Fall... though I don't remember anything about that one. C...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1986 Tue Dec 25 06:15:29 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 25 06:27:42 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 6 false false Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Oct 02 12:48:39 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 12:58:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu May 22 11:39:27 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 05:45:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 19:51:12 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 01 21:44:08 -0700 2008
The Plague tells story of a small town in Algeria that is nearly destroyed by an epidemic of bubonic plague. The people of the town are only dimly aware of the plague as it begins, and once it takes hold, most are too apathetic or weak or conf...more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 28 06:41:31 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 21:13:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Nov 21 04:04:53 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 01:48:24 -0800 2009 1 La Peste nearly as much I had expected. In fact, I found it pretentious and annoying. Maybe I should re-read it... I have a feeling I missed something. My thoughts during the first reading were that he was way too pleased with himself for having been a hero of the Resi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 08:11:08 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 14:28:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 13:17:58 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 08:32:33 -0700 2008
I like the sociological aspects of the story: how the people react to being locked i...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 00:06:17 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 30 07:46:03 -0800 2007 طاعون، کامو، فصل یکی مانده به آخر، وقتی مردمِ ماه ها قرنطینه ی شهر طاعون زده، جشن رهایی را با باز دیدن عزیزان دور ماندشان �...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon May 07 13:52:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 20:36:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Oct 14 16:36:01 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 05 11:49:59 -0800 2007

"In the early days when they thought this epidemic much like other epidemics, religion held its ground. But once these people realized their instant peril, they gave their thoughts to pl...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 27 19:02:09 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 19:24:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Mar 05 12:17:17 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 15:51:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 07 17:05:46 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 16:03:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 24 20:06:30 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:07:54 -0800 2009 It's a slow and flawless build-up to a chilling final paragraph that left me stunned for hours after I finished the novel.

I could read it hundreds of times and never grow tired of it.]]> 2 1 false false Wed Dec 12 13:21:40 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 13:26:22 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jun 13 06:52:23 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 07:01:26 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 20 08:44:13 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 14:17:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 15 08:47:18 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 08:47:18 -0800 2009 more...]]>