Dimensions
140 x 205 x 23mm
In 1940 a terrible plague descends on the Algerian town of Oran. Carried by rats, it condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. The town's doctors do what they can to halt the spread of the indiscriminate disease, but it quickly establishes a stranglehold on Oran, forcing the people that live there to be quarantined within its confines.
Fear, paranoia, loneliness and claustrophobia follow, as Camus explores the precarious, often absurd nature of the human condition. Intensely personal to Camus, the book is exceptional both for its horrifyingly vivid descriptions of the plague - which is in part an allegory for France's wartime traumas - and for its exploration of moral dilemmas.
