{"product_id":"the-plague-book-by-albert-camus","title":"The Plague Book by Albert Camus","description":"\u003cp\u003eIts 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\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. 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 timeless story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.\u003cbr\u003eLeer menos\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Read Room","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":59470320337182,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":59470320369950,"sku":null,"price":480.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":59470320402718,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1076\/7515\/6766\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_5c6625b9-7a86-4e75-a352-122154ee561c.jpg?v=1781633181","url":"https:\/\/www.readroombd.com\/products\/the-plague-book-by-albert-camus","provider":"Read Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}