The Plague (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Albert Camus
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: 1940’s, Doctors, Death or dying, Existentialism, Epidemics, Plague, Algeria or Algerians, Rats or mice
- Locales: Oran, Algeria
Set in Oran, in Camus’ native Algeria, during the 1940’s, the book chronicles the onset and duration of a bubonic plague. An alarming rate of casualties induces the authorities to declare an epidemic and to quarantine the city. The closing of Oran’s gates causes the separation of families, friends, and lovers. Such is the case for Dr. Bernard Rieux, whose wife happens to be out of town when the quarantine is imposed.
Rieux takes a leading role in assisting the victims of the plague, though it is not clear that medical aid makes any difference whatsoever. He is joined in his...
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