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Hallowell library to hold community read via Zoom Share HALLOWELL — Hubbard Free Library will hold a Zoom community read of “The Plague,” a short 1947 novel by Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus, at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 1. “The Plague” depicts the French Algerian town of Oran, which is suddenly struck by the bubonic plague. It raises many of the same issues we face today with COVID-19: lockdowns, quarantining, social distancing, and vaccines. It also deals with how one should behave when a pestilence strikes. Two Hallowell residents will lead the discussion. Dr. Greg Fahy, Professor of...

Bedside Table: Camus’ ‘The Plague” is definitely not escapist reading Nonetheless, it offers hope. Cover courtesy of Amazon “I recently re-read ‘The Plague’ by Albert Camus, written 1947, translated from French by Stuart Gilbert. I first read it as a young adult but remembered very little of it beyond the general story of a city that is struck by a plague. Reading it now at age 70, at a time when the world is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as social, political and environmental crises, this extraordinary story offers powerful lessons. It shows how people respond i...