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The Moon Is Down is a novel by American writer John Steinbeck. Fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross, it was published by Viking Press in March 1942.
In his short, 1942 novel, The Moon is Down, written to be adapted to the stage, Steinbeck turns his attention to the battle for democracy in the face of looming totalitarianism. While the countries remain nameless, the brief story concerns the invasion of Norway by the Nazis and the growing resistence of the townspeople in response to the Nazis ...
The Moon Is Down was published only three years after one of Steinbeck’s most famous novels, The Grapes of Wrath, a stunning feat of American Realism that examines the horrific destitution of poor people in Oklahoma’s Dust Bowl during the country’s Great Depression.
Nov 1, 1995 · The Moon Is Down. John Steinbeck. Penguin, Nov 1, 1995 - Fiction - 144 pages. Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside—and...
Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside–and betrayal born within the close-knit community. Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germanyâ’s power, this masterful fable uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about war–and about human nature.
Nov 1, 1995 · by John Steinbeck (Author), Donald V. Coers (Introduction) 4.5 1,993 ratings. See all formats and editions. Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside—and betrayal born within the close-knit community. A Penguin Classic.
Against the fiercest assault on freedom during this century, John Steinbeck calmly reaffirmed in The Moon is Down the bedrock principles of democracy: the worth of the individual, and the power deriving from free citizens sharing common commitments.”
