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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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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 ...
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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.
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May 23, 2013 · The moon is down. by. John Steinbeck. Publication date. 1995. Topics. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction, City and town life -- Fiction. Publisher. Penguin Books.
Sep 16, 2022 · 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.
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...
