THE PLAGUE

u003cbu003e"Its relevance lashes you across the face." --Stephen Metcalf, u003ciu003eThe Los Angeles Times - u003c/iu003e"A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair." --Roger Lowenstein, u003ciu003eThe Washington Post u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003e u003cpu003eA haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus' iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. u003cpu003eThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. u003cpu003eAn immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, u003ciu003eThe Plagueu003c/iu003e is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.