{"product_id":"9780141185132","title":"The Modern Classics Plague","description":"\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.","brand":"Albert Camus","offers":[{"title":"Penguin UK |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2013-11-26","offer_id":44298140942591,"sku":"9780141185132","price":16.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e6d21f2e-d1fb-4ccd-abb3-1373ab52b578.jpg?v=1694796005","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780141185132","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}