{"product_id":"caligula-and-three-other-plays-vintage-international","title":"Caligula and Three Other Plays","description":"\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFour provocative masterpieces for the stage by Albert Camus, the Nobel Prize–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Plague\u003c\/em\u003e, brought together in a vibrant new translation by Ryan Bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAlthough Camus is best known for his novels exploring absurdism, he considered the theater one of the few places where he was truly happy. From 1944 to 1949, he brought four original plays to the Paris stage, each grappling with questions of freedom, morality, violence, love, and the search for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCaligula\u003c\/em\u003e, a Roman emperor consumed by grief confronts the terrifying implications of a universe without inherent meaning. \u003cem\u003eThe Misunderstanding\u003c\/em\u003e turns the longing for home and the desire to escape into a devastating tale of mistaken identity and murder. \u003cem\u003eThe Just\u003c\/em\u003e examines the moral boundaries of political violence through the story of a revolutionary plot to assassinate a Grand Duke in Moscow. And in \u003cem\u003eState of Emergency\u003c\/em\u003e, Camus transforms plague into an allegorical character, offering a striking meditation on disease, power, and authoritarianism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x1yc453h xma8rkl xgoqxah xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 x1xobyvs x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw xcy5tzr x1ht4adc xnvauns x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFor the first time in English, this edition brings together Camus’s final versions of all four plays, alongside deleted scenes and alternate lines of dialogue. Engaging, unsettling, and made to be performed, these works reveal a vital dimension of one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Offline Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67663666872372,"sku":"9780593311271","price":450.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/7388\/6004\/files\/9780593311271.jpg?v=1791312749","url":"https:\/\/offlinebooks.com\/products\/caligula-and-three-other-plays-vintage-international","provider":"Offline Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}