“The Plague” – Albert Camus (1948) [pdf]

One thing I never realized when reading this as a teenager was that Camus wrote this as an allegory on the spread of fascism, and on resistance against it. I wonder what he would have thought of far-right politicians (members of the Bolsanaro government) spreading literal infections.

I once was involved in a performance of Roberto Gerhard's oratorio version of "The Plague". A rather interesting piece, but very difficult for a large choir to learn. On the other hand, as our conductor pointed out, in this style of music, it often does not matter too much if you're singing the wrong note >:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n3JUoL8COg

Funny coincidence, I just got hold of this book today. I know corona is a thing now, but it was inside a big box of old books I picked up from a friend's house so it was kind of unrelated.

Nice to see it here :)