THE PLAGUE

NEW YORK: ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1961 BLACK COVER WITH GOLD PRINT SPINE. ARTICLE ON CAMUS INSIDE VERY FRONT. ABOUT CAMUS WHO WON A NOBEL PRIZE AND THE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVEL ON THE PLAGUE. THE PLAGUE STARTED WITH RATS AND IT IS ABOUT HOW A DOCTOR TRIES TO STEM THE PLAGUE. EX LIBRAY BOOK, U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL. LIBRARY STAMP INSIDE AND CARD IN BACK. The Plague (French: La Peste) is a novel by Albert Camus. Published in 1947, it tells the story from the point of view of a narrator of a plague sweeping the French Algerian city of Oran. The narrator remains unknown until the start of the last chapter, chapter 5 of part 5. The novel presents a snapshot of life in Oran as seen through the author's distinctive absurdist point of view. Oran is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. Albert Camus ( French; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was an Algerian-born French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE. A BOOK THAT FORWARNED OF FUTURE POSSIBLE CATASTROPHES.