| The Plague Contributor(s): Camus, Albert (Author), Gilbert, Stuart (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0679720219 ISBN-13: 9780679720218 Publisher: Vintage
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 1991 * Out of Print * Annotation: A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature. Click for more in this series: Vintage International |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90050477 |
| Lexile Measure: 1070(Not Available) |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.2" W x 8.06" L (0.52 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - North Africa - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 43307 Reading Level: 8.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Its relevance lashes you across the face." --Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times - "A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair." --Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post A 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. The 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. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague 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. |
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