The Plague

Albert Camus is one of the 20th century's most esteemed writers, and La Peste, or The Plague (1947), is considered one of his masterpieces. Set in the North African French colony of Oran, the novel chronicles a recrudescence of the bubonic plague and the various ways in which the townspeople respond to the pestilence. The novel has been adapted for film and the stage. In early 2020, it has surged in popularity due to COVID-19, and is often seen as relevant in terms of forebodings and insights for and into this crisis.