A journal of the plague year
the diary of the Barcelona tanner Miquel Parets, 1651
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Author
Contributions
- Amelang, James S., 1952- - Contributor
Publication
1991 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
42,750 words, Guess
Page Count
171 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1873682M
- ISBN-100195064550
- OCLC Control Number21301548
- OCLC Control Numberjournalofplaguey0000pare
- Library of Congress Control Number90033457
and 2 more
- LibraryThing1308592
- Goodreads128979
Classifications
- DDC946/.72/052
- LCCRC178.S7 P372513 1991
Description
Rumors that plague had entered Barcelona's poorest quarter started circulating shortly after the New Year of 1651, but local officials hesitated to impose a full quarantine on the city. Within months the number of sick in the pesthouse had swelled to 4,000, and thousands more had fled the city. By the time the plague abated in September, at least 15,000 Barcelonans had died. This book is a translation of the 1651 journal of Miquel Parets, a Barcelona tanner who set out, like the protagonist of Camus' The Plague, "to state quite simply what we learn in a time of pestilence."
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