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515 The Plague by Albert Camus (with Alice Kaplan and Laura Marris) | My Last Book with Alison Strayer

The History of Literature

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The Plague and the Colonial Unconscious in Oran

"I was really surprised. It made me appreciate the novel differently to see how Camus sent really of the kind of psychogiography of Oran," she says. "And it's, Camus was very, very interested in the poor neighborhoods, as Laura just said." The theater is there and we were able to talk our way in during the day,. We saw the red velvet upholstery on the seats, the same upholstery that's in the novel.

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