{"product_id":"9780141185132","title":"The Plague","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Camus, Albert, Judt, Tony, Buss, Robin, Judt, Tony, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/12\/2002,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 256 pages, notes,\u003cbr\u003e Series: Penguin Modern Classics, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Classics,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141185132\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courageThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbert Camus was born in Algeria in 1913. He studied philosophy in Algiers and then worked in Paris as a journalist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022868250777,"sku":"9780141185132","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780141185132.jpg?v=1602536209","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780141185132","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}