{"product_id":"the-plague-albert-camus-9780394309699","title":"The Plague by Albert Camus","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Plague is a 1947 absurdist novel by Albert Camus.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plot centers around the French Algerian city of Oran as it combats a plague outbreak and is put under a city-wide quarantine. The novel presents a snapshot into life in Oran as seen through Camus's absurdist lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Its relevance lashes you across the face.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA haunting tale of human resilience and hope in the face of unrelieved horror, Albert Camus' iconic novel about an epidemic ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of twentieth-century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFear, 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 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eAn immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, \u003cem\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/em\u003e is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAlbert Camus: French Philosopher \u0026amp; Novelist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1913 in Algeria, \u003cstrong\u003eAlbert Camus \u003c\/strong\u003ewas a French novelist, dramatist, and essayist. He was deeply affected by the plight of the French during the Nazi occupation of World War II, who were subject to the military's arbitrary whims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamus explored the existential human condition in such works as \u003cem\u003eL'Etranger\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/em\u003e, 1942) and \u003cem\u003eLe Mythe de Sisyphe\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Myth of Sisyphus\u003c\/em\u003e, 1942), which propagated the philosophical notion of the \"absurd\" that was being given dramatic expression by other Theatre of the Absurd dramatists of the 1950s and 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamus also wrote a number of plays, including \u003cem\u003eCaligula\u003c\/em\u003e (1944). Much of his work was translated into English. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCamus died in an automobile accident in 1960.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50227356074299,"sku":"0394309693","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780394309699.jpg?v=1776733245","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/the-plague-albert-camus-9780394309699","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}