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About the Gilbert translation of The Plague

That we’re fussier about accuracy than we used to be and we don’t talk like we did decades ago is hardly Gilbert’s fault, but it may mean we read his work less, now that we have alternatives. It seems twenty-first century readers find fault with his translations for being insufficiently modern and too loose. He was an English literary scholar, a fan and friend of James Joyce, and a translator into English of some well-known French authors. It’s a rough transcription of the Gilbert translation. Also stay away from that monstrosity featuring a guy with a bandaged head. Neither creature lives where the story is set. Speaking of which… what is it with people putting an alligator on the cover? I’ve seen no less than three different versions with alligators! Or crocodiles, I can’t really tell. The Plague and other works by Camus are still under copyright in some places but not others, so the book sharks are posting cheap, lousy ebooks on Amazon. There are no legitimate, good-quality ebooks of The Plague available for free. If you want a hardcover, you can choose between Gilbert and Marris. (In 2022 or 2023 maybe there will be a paperback of the Marris translation.) If you want a paperback, you can choose between Gilbert and Buss. If you want an audiobook, the only choice seems to be Gilbert. If you want an ebook, there are ebooks available from Gilbert, Buss, and Marris. Which translation is “best” for you might depend on the formats in which it is available. See below for excerpts and links that will help you do a comparison of translations of The Plague.

It was originally published in French in 1947 with the title La Peste. There are two, soon to be three, English translations of The Plague by Albert Camus, the philosophical modern French classic that tells the story of a fictional deadly epidemic in the Algerian city of Oran. In reality, the novel is a testament to hope, resistance, and humanity.” “The world that Camus paints in The Plague may appear bleak. Boston Review, “Reading Camus in Time of Plague and Polarization”.The Guardian, “Albert Camus novel The Plague leads surge of pestilence fiction”Ĭatherine Camus (the author’s daughter), says “If there’s a passage in the book that speaks to readers, that gives them hope, this is what is important.”.The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has boosted this classic back to the top of the bestseller lists. So you’re trying to make sense of the global pandemic and you want to read a book about another type of plague.

“I want to read the best English translation of The Plague!”