Albert Camus’ “The Plague” Amid These Covid Times: A Deep Reading Series

A month ago, I posted a short list of pandemic-themed reads, including The Plague, the classic novel by Albert Camus.

Since then, I have been in correspondence with Matthew Lamb, who is currently publishing a series on the newsletter platform, Substack, dedicated to: Reading Albert Camus’ The Plague During COVID, Climate Change, and Various Political Crises.

The stimulus for Matthew’s newsletter is a forthcoming new translation of The Plague from the US imprint, Knopf. The translation is by Laur...