The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck [1976 PAPERBACK] • Bantam

The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck

VINTAGE PAPERBACK [1976] BANTAM BOOKS

24th Bantam printing. 

Vintage paperback in excellent condition.

Cover shows some extremely light wear to edges; and two tiny faint water spots on lower front. 

Otherwise like new; pages read as new with some inevitable tanning.

Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power, Steinbeck's masterful fable explores the effects of invasion on conquered and conquerors alike.  

Without warning the Nazis invaded the town. They seized the Mayor's home as their headquarters; they rationed the food; they publicly shot the first men who rebelled against their oppression. They were the conquerors. But the hatred was deep in the eyes of the people. Their cold, sullen silence fell like black snow, chilling the soldiers and filling them with fear. And as the conquerors' nerves wore thin, they shot at black shadows in the night.