The Plague
living death in our times
$42.53
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2024
Summary
The Plague: Living Death in Our Times
A slim, heart-wrenching, and rousing new book from the leading feminist writer Jacqueline Rose.
In early 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to infiltrate public consciousness, sales of The Plague, the classic novel by French philosopher Albert Camus, skyrocketed. At the same time, the virus’s toll surged exponentially. Amid the harrowing loss, many sensed a glimmer of possibility–the potential for radical em…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781250338334 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1250338336 |
| Author: | Jacqueline Rose |
| Publisher: | St Martin's Press |
| Imprint: | St Martin's Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 193mm x 124mm x 13mm |
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Critics Review
“A brief but beautifully written book, full of memorable insights into life, death, and politics … Wonderfully moving.” –The Guardian (Best New Books)
”[With The Plague, ] Rose cements her place at the summit of Anglo literary culture. The book is also testament to the essay as the most exhilarating form through which to confront the history of the present.“–The New Statesman
About The Author
Jacqueline Rose
Jacqueline Rose is one of the most important living feminist literary and cultural critics. She is the codirector of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, a cofounder of Independent Jewish Voices, and a fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Literary Society. Rose is a frequent contributor to the London Review of Books and The Guardian, among many other publications. She is the celebrated author of Sexuality in the Field of Vision, The Haunting of Sylvia Plath, States of Fantasy, Women in Dark Times, Mothers: An Essay on Love and Cruelty, and On Violence and On Violence Against Women.
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