0290 | The Plague – Albert Camus
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Context: Read this while we screened the Jesus Film on a generator at the Foursquare Church in Male, PNG. |
REVIEW
It seems entirely appropriate that I should finish this book on the anniversary of the First World War ceasefire, dealing as this remarkable novel does with the Nazi occupation of France.
There are books which deserve to be preserved and read on because they capture the spirit of an age. This is one of those. Camus uses the metaphor of a plague to depict the anguish and suffering he experienced in occupied France while he fought for the resistance.
The metaphor is apt and the thoughts, feelings and atmosphere of the town of Oran as the plague intensifies brilliantly reflects the reality of the French at that time.
The book is moving in parts as the plague takes its toll in multiple ways, and relationships are forced together or broken apart. And even when the plauge leaves town, Camus is faithful to remind us that, life must, unfortunately, go on.
This is a classic and I’m glad I knew it was a metaphor or I would have missed much of its genius.
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