{"product_id":"the-plague-vintage-international","title":"The Plague (Vintage International)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Its relevance lashes you across the face.” —Stephen Metcalf, The Los Angeles Times • “A redemptive book, one that wills the reader to believe, even in a time of despair.” —Roger Lowenstein, The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\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\n\u003cp\u003eAn immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of Frances suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45474867511411,"sku":"Prep-UK-0679720219","price":17.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0643\/1958\/6419\/files\/514w8W0XXUL.jpg?v=1789115273","url":"https:\/\/slickpurchase.com\/products\/the-plague-vintage-international","provider":"Slickpurchase","version":"1.0","type":"link"}