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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. The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed ...
- John Steinbeck
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- 1942
- March 6, 1942
A Lua no Ocaso (Brasil) ou Noite sem lua (Portugal) ( The Moon Is Down, em inglês no original), é um romance escrito por John Steinbeck apropriado para adaptação ao teatro e que foi publicado pela Viking Press, em março de 1942. A história consta da ocupação militar de uma pequena cidade do Norte da Europa pelo exército de ...
- Inglês
- Romance
Steinbeck wrote The Moon is Down to uplift the morale of the allied forces during World War II. Modelled on the Nazi occupation in Norway, it tells the story of a military invasion on an unarmed small town in Northern Europe and the subsequent rise of the conquered against the conqueror.
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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.” Donald V. Coers, Introduction to The Moon is Down, 1995. First Excerpt.
The Moon is Down Summary. 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 ...
The Moon Is Down; Noite sem lua A longa noite sem lua ; Autor(es) John Steinbeck: Idioma: Inglês: País Estados Unidos: Género: Romance: Lançamento: 1942: Páginas: 188: Edição portuguesa; Tradução: Pedro M. Figueiredo: Editora: Ulisseia: Lançamento: 1955: Edição brasileira; Tradução: A. B. Pinheiro de Lemos: Editora: Record ...
