by Albert Camus · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070360420
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«La Peste» is the novel by Albert Camus, published by Gallimard in paperback (279 pages, in French).
The action takes place in Oran, an Algerian city besieged by a plague epidemic. Doctor Bernard Rieux and other characters face the advance of the disease, confinement and separation from loved ones. Camus portrays everyday resistance, solidarity and the different human reactions to suffering and death.
This French edition, published in 1972, is part of the Folio collection (no. 42). The work was originally published in 1947 and won the Prix des Critiques.
A work of interest for readers of twentieth-century French literary classics and for those seeking novels with a philosophical background.
Albert Camus was a French philosopher, writer, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history, and the first laureate in literature born in Africa. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall and The Rebel.
