Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century The Moon is Down, (Paperback)

from Trotsky731

A great, quick read. A propaganda piece based in an occupied town in an unnamed European country (Norway is assumed) during the second world war. It depicts the hateful relationship of the occupied...

from pdebolt

The Moon Is Down is a deceptively powerful little book given the context in which it was written in 1942 by the incomparable John Steinbeck. It has been described by him as a "celebration of the du...

from DanStratton

My wife has always read the classics. I have pretty much stuck to science fiction, fantasy and spy thrillers. She told me once that she had said she would marry someone versed in the classics. Whil...

from Donna828

John Steinbeck wrote a war novel? Make no mistake, this is a novel about WWII despite the fact that no opposing armies are named. Steinbeck portrays the humanity of both sides with his usual genero...

from msf59

"The moon is down; I have not heard the clock." -Macbeth In a small unnamed country, (possibly Norway), an unnamed army (clearly German) invade and quickly conquer this bucolic nation. The invaders...