{"product_id":"9781681371467","title":"Blood Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003eSet during World War I, this monumental philosophical novel  about human despair inspired Albert Camus' own writing and prefigured  the greater existential movement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlood Dark\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a brilliant philosopher trapped  in a provincial town and of his spiraling descent into self-destruction.  Cripure, as his students call him—the name a mocking contraction of \u003ci\u003eCritique of Pure Reason\u003c\/i\u003e—despises  his colleagues, despairs of his charges, and is at odds with his  family. The year is 1917, and the slaughter of the First World War goes  on and on, with French soldiers not only dying in droves but also  beginning to rise up in protest. Still haunted by the memory of the wife  who left him long ago, Cripure turns his fury and scathing wit on  everyone around him. Before he knows it, a trivial dispute with a  complacently patriotic colleague has embroiled him in a duel.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173313003760,"sku":"9781681371467","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681371467_p0.jpg?v=1763693636","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681371467","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}