Madame Orden, his wife, fretfully trims his ear hairs while his confidante, the local historian and physician Doctor Winter, discusses the nature of the colonel’s imminent visit. Corell’s involvement, Mayor Orden prepares to receive the invaders’ military leader, Colonel Lanser. Corell has been working as an informant for the foreign military, and aided them as they prepared to conquer the village as part of their authoritarian government’s larger expansion throughout Europe.Īs whispers circulate about Mr. In the aftermath of the siege, the townspeople slowly learn that Mr.
Still, several soldiers try to fight back, but they’re either killed or taken hostage.
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 village’s twelve soldiers are at a competition organized by a storekeeper named Mr. Few literary works of our time have demonstrated so triumphantly the power of ideas in the face of cold steel and brute force.īarnes & Noble - Audiobook (downloadable format)Īudible - Audiobook (downloadable format)Įmusic.One Sunday morning an unnamed European town is invaded by a foreign military. Despite Axis efforts to suppress it (in Fascist Italy, mere possession of the book was punishable by death), The Moon Is Down was secretly translated into French, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, and Russian hundreds of thousands of copies circulated throughout Europe, making it by far the most popular piece of propaganda under the occupation. Steinbeck's self-described "celebration of the durability of democracy" had an extraordinary impact as Allied propaganda in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power, this masterful fable uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about war-and about human nature. 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.
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