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1) The plague
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
1975, c1948
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
308 p. 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the small coastal city of Iran, Algeria, rats begin rising from the filth only to die as bloody heaps in the streets. And just as mysteriously as it appeared, the rodent problem seems to vanish. Shortly after, however, many local residents experience intense fevers and then perish -- victims of the unseen menace of the bubonic plague. And as life in the town comes to a halt, the survivors attempt to come to terms with their own mortality and the...
Author
Publisher
Vintage International
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
138 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus--featured here in a stand-alone edition--is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide--the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value...