In March, as the COVID-19 pandemic started sweeping the world, plague fiction soared onto bestseller lists, with Albert Camus’ 1947 novel The Plague leading the pack.
Forbes reported that The Plague, a story of disease decimating the Algerian city of Oran, more than tripled its weekly sales from February to March. We at RadioWest have been part of the group eager to read it – we started our first RadioWest Book Club in May and began with The Plague. On Friday, we’ll talk with Camus scholar and biographer Dr. Robert D. Zaretsky about Camus’s life, his work and the stories behind his famous novel.
Robert D. Zaretsky’s books on Camus are Albert Camus: Elements of a Life [IndieBound|Amazon|Audible] and A Life Worth Living: Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning [IndieBound|Amazon].
RadioWest Book Club
If you've been reading The Plague for our new RadioWest Book Club, on your own or are just interested in learning more about it, we're meeting Monday, June 1 at 7 p.m. via Zoom to discuss it as a group. Look for the Zoom invite on Monday on our Facebook Group.
