{"product_id":"plague-p-b","title":"Albert Camus: The Plague [2002] Paperback, (Penguin Modern Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/i\u003e is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A matchless fable of fear, courage and cowardice' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Magnificent'\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913. He studied philosophy in Algiers and then worked in Paris as a journalist. He was one of the intellectual leaders of the Resistance movement and, after the War, established his international reputation as a writer. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Just\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFall\u003c\/i\u003e, and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Camus was killed in a road accident in 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camus, Albert \u0026 Judt, Tony \u0026 Buss, Robin","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42421651079353,"sku":"9780141185132","price":14.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Good","offer_id":49048165024083,"sku":"XG80141185132","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49126312640851,"sku":"XV80141185132","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":47577910116691,"sku":"XE80141185132","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/camus-albert-judt-tony-buss-robin-albert-camus-the-plague-penguin-modern-classics-2002-paperback-57532732768595.jpg?v=1727768113","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/plague-p-b","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}