The Plague - Albert Camus - 1948 Modern Library edition

In the Algerian coastal town of Oran, life proceeds with mundane predictability until rats begin dying in the streets. What follows is a catastrophic outbreak of plague that seals the city off from the world, transforming it into a prison where death arrives without warning or mercy. Through the eyes of Dr. Bernard Rieux, who chronicles the epidemic with clinical detachment, Nobel Prize-winning philosopher and novelist Albert Camus explores how ordinary people respond to extraordinary crisis. As the pestilence tightens its grip, the town's inhabitants face impossible choices: flee or stay, despair or resist, surrender to nihilism or fight for meaning in an absurd universe. First published in 1947, *The Plague* resonates as both a literal account of epidemic and a powerful allegory for the Nazi occupation of France. Camus crafts a profound meditation on human solidarity, the nature of heroism, and our capacity for resilience when confronted with death and isolation. It remains an essential examination of how we find purpose when the world seems devoid of it. - The Plague - Albert Camus. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. Published 1948, The Modern Library / Random House Inc., New York. Hardcover. Approx. 5x7in. 278pp. Has an ex-libris sticker on front endpaper; hinge on front page has a tear (see photos). Otherwise a nice tidy Modern Library edition of this classic.