"The Plague" is the archetypal piece of existentialism. Camus touches upon the human condition which in turn makes us ponder our own existence. Although the book is a trifle long, we as readers must be aware that a key characteristic of existentialism is attention to the mundane, this provides us with long descriptions of seemingly ungermane concepts. However, this book is a must for anyone who is interested in questioning man's existence, the belief in god, and the absurd. This book was translated from French, so at times, the book's sentence structure may seem akward. But the real importance lies in the extended metaphors that do not unfold immediately.