{"product_id":"the-plague-albert-camus","title":"The Plague - Albert Camus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Just\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\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":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55176568832380,"sku":null,"price":2.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/TP-AC-01.jpg?v=1746043312","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/the-plague-albert-camus","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}