THE PLAGUE

u003cbu003eu003cbu003e“We can finally read the work as Camus meant it to be read. Laura Marris’s new translation of u003ciu003eThe Plagueu003c/iu003e is, quite simply, the translation we need to have.” —u003ciu003eLos Angeles Review of Booksu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eThe first new translation of u003ciu003eThe Plagueu003c/iu003e to be published in the United States in more than seventy years, bringing the Nobel Prize winner's iconic novel ("A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despairu003ciu003e." —The Washington Postu003c/iu003e) to a new generation of readers.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation, and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eAn immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, u003ciu003eThe Plagueu003c/iu003e is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, as well as a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence. In this fresh yet careful translation, award-winning translator Laura Marris breathes new life into Albert Camus's ever-resonant tale. Restoring the restrained lyricism of the original French text, and liberating it from the archaisms and assumptions of the previous English translation, Marris grants English readers the closest access we have ever had to the meaning and searing beauty of u003ciu003eThe Plagueu003c/iu003e. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eThis updated edition promises to add relevance and urgency to a classic novel of twentieth-century literature.