The Moon is Down (1942) - John Steinbeck
Category: Classic
Narrator: George Guidall
Tags: Classic, Adults, Literature
Publisher: Penguin Audio (Books on Tape) Original Date: 1999 Duration: 3 hours 44 minutes 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 Germanys power, this masterful fable uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about war-and about human nature. While not directly naming either Norway or Germany, the reader understands that the setting is Norway during the Nazi German occupation, which began in 1940. Written for easy adaptation to the theater, Steinbeck evokes Ibsen with his play-like, scene-focused action., When the novel was published, Nazi German forces occupied much of Europe and North Africa and the Anglo-American and Russian allied forces had yet to check Nazi aggression and expansion. Steinbeck has created a simple, strident and moving declaration of the indomitable will of a people who refuse to give in to tyranny. The chara
