{"product_id":"plague-the-2","title":"Plague, The","description":"The Plague is Albert Camus''s world-renowned fable of fear and courage\u003cbr\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'' Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Magnificent''The Times\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 The Plague, The Just and The Fall, and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Camus was killed in a road accident in 1960.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49349007540559,"sku":"9780141185132","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780141185132_1-plague-the.jpg?v=1743666589","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/plague-the-2","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}