You know things are serious when you can't spit on cats anymore ppppptttt ptttp ptt.

'The Plague' by Albert Camus is a novel describing life in a city in Oran locked down to due to the outbreak of the Bubonic Plague. A narrator describes the travels of Dr Rieux over the course of about a year as he attempts to help his patients. There are differing responses of his friends and acquaintances as they all adapt to the persistent indifference of the pestilence. 

I summarised the book as follows. "I found it a slow start to the tale but I think this ended up making the overall work more impactful as that's how life during a plague would really become, slow & tiresome. There are no valiant heroes nor chaotic villains but the payoff in what one can take from this book is huge." 

I hope you have a fantastic pestilence free day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro
(0:41) - Synopsis
(3:59) - Pestiferous: Is life inherently tiresome?
(10:54) - The Remedy: Fighting against persistent indifference
(18:03) - Observations/Takeaways
(21:17) - Summary


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