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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.
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John Steinbeck. 3.93. 29,074 ratings2,450 reviews. Taken by surprise, a small coastal town is overrun by an invading army with little resistance. The town is important because it is a port that serves a large coal mine.
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The Moon Is Down deals with the Second World War and the spread of Nazi Germany’s rule throughout Europe. In fact, it was composed in an effort to disseminate anti-fascist sentiments in German-occupied countries.
One Sunday morning an unnamed European town is invaded by a foreign military. The village’s twelve soldiers are at a competition organized by a storekeeper named Mr. Corell. This competition is in the woods outside of town, and by the time the troops realize what’s happened, it’s already too late—the enemy has overtaken the village.
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 betrayal...
The Moon Is Down. Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1942. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.
Sep 16, 2022 · One of his lesser known works is his short classic of resilience and civil resistance, The Moon is Down. Published in 1942, The Moon is Down is set in an unnamed Northern European country, where an invader (with some very thinly veiled similarities to Nazi Germany) rapidly overcomes the people of a mining town and their miniscule local militia ...
