States of Plague: Reading Albert Camus in a Pandemic

by Alice Yaeger Kaplan

States of Plague examines Albert Camus's novel as a palimpsest of pandemic life, an uncannily relevant account of the psychology and politics of a public health crisis.

As one of the most discussed books of the COVID-19 crisis, Albert Camus's classic novel The Plague has become a new kind of literary touchstone. Surrounded by terror and uncertainty, often separated from loved ones or unable to travel, readers sought answers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226815536
• ISBN13: 9780226815534
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"