The Plague Boughton are deported in 1942 from

are deported in 1942 from Berlin to Theresienstadt – where they will starve to death

The dense woods surrounding the cottage are full of dangers

Exit West follows these characters as they emerge into an alien and uncertain future

the verbal felicity

Mrs Barnes (Kitty) and Mrs Jewks (Dolly)

The Plague Boughton are deported in 1942 fromThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation, and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's