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    <body><![CDATA[Steinbeck Fu@ked pumpkins.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This little novella was written in 1942 as a work of propaganda to assist the Allied war effort.  At the time Steinbeck came under some criticism for portraying the Germans (the conquerors were not actually identified as German in the book itself) too sympathetically, in contrast to the more virulen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25137841">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>I read this in one night when I flopped drunk on my friend's girlfriend's couch after a night around the bars.  <br/><br/>It's so timely as to be telepathic.<br/><br/>One character literally remarks, regarding the town his troops are occupying, how he is puzzled that there were no flowers ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15873789">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is hands down an amazing piece of work. It's not one of his more well known novels like &quot;The Pearl&quot;, &quot;The Grapes Of Wrath&quot;(which I hated ps) or &quot;Of Mice and Men&quot; but if you haven't read it you should.<br/><br/>Now.<br/><br/>This book does something no othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19783534">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just had a little itch to read a lesser-known Steinbeck book, and I found a cheap copy of <em>The Moon Is Down</em>, so I figured that was the one, right? Well, I must say, the details I gleaned from the back cover didn't exactly excite me, but it's a novella, comparable in length to <em>Of Mice and Men</em> and <em>Th...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11586521">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written by Steinbeck as a propaganda novelette during WWII, now also considered good literature.  It was a contrast to then-current attempts at propaganda, and it was controversial, but it was proven very successful in Nazi-occupied countries in Europe and also in China.  <br/><br/>After reading j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24334938">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is no attempt to hide the fact that &quot;The Moon is Down&quot; is a work of wartime propaganda. Steinbeck worked with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during the early days of World War II, and was asked, or decided himself, to write a piece of propaganda that would bolster resistance ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46943132">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Early in WWII, Steinbeck produced this anti-fascist propaganda novel while working with government agencies in the U.S. which would later evolve into the C.I.A.  In fact, Steinbeck went as far as to scrap an earlier version of the novel set in the States when, after he submitted it for review, gover...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64308815">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If all propaganda was this intelligent and well-written, human  beings could stand up a bit taller and a bit prouder. Steinbeck wrote this as during WWII to support the people and countries occupied by Nazi-Germany - Denmark being one of them - and he did a marvellous job.<br/><br/>The book is abo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61476661">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Written as Allied propaganda in 1942, Steinbeck's novella is about a small, unnamed town in Northern Europe which falls under the control of the invading army.  The &quot;conquerors&quot; are not specifically named as Nazis in the novella, but there usually is some truth to the saying, &quot;If it l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56035706">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this for book club, and I'm still a little dazed.  It is a very short and easy read, but there is so much meaning packed into each sentence that I feel like I need to read it over and over in order to understand all of Steinbeck's meaning.  I wish I had some kind of guide to read along with i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41494971">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[    Our book club just chose this for next meeting.  Written John Steinbeck and in fable form during the height of Nazi Germany's European occupation. Translated into Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, French, Russian, and German, it was the most published and circulated propaganda literatu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49039674">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An unspecified occupying force takes over a small mining town.  Apparently this was a piece of propaganda, meant to inspire people to fight the nazis.<br/><br/>At just over 100 pages, it is pretty easy to sail through.  Which works out good since it has only the one point to make.  That the occupi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61930613">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bukunya Pak Steinbeck yang pertama saya baca.<br/><br/>Buku ini menceritakan kisah suatu kota di negeri antah berantah yang diduduki oleh pasukan dari negara agressor. Pasukan agressor berusaha untuk merenggut kedaulatan kota &quot;secara terhormat&quot;, termasuk berusaha mengambil hati penduduk ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38980893">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How can I explain about this book? It was written in a way that you couldn't do else than fly through it. It has that fast style. At the same time it didn't give you any Steinbeck feeling. I had never heard of it before my team leader gave it to me and would never have thought that Steinbeck wrote i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72359031">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[     This brief and lesser-known book is a little gem.  Published in 1942 and frankly intended as propaganda, it's a &quot;fictional&quot; account of the occupation of an unnamed, presumably Scandinavian, town by an unnamed (read, German) attack.  Because of its sophisticated approach (it portrayed ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39603880">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A war story with a great message about the value and indomitability of freedom.  Far from Steinbeck's best novel but an interesting change of pace from his typical style and subject matter.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're ever scouting for a robust, fast read, Steinbeck's war novella might be the ticket. Very popular when it was published in 1942, THE MOON IS DOWN concerns an invading force snatching a small European town. Troubles ensue. Though the names aren't given, you know Steinbeck is talking about th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80511850">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In a way, you have to continuously remind yourself that you're reading what Steinbeck meant to be anti-Nazi propaganda, but he certainly takes a different approach than most. Instead of portraying the Nazis as ruthless, emotionless machines, he chooses instead to touch on the struggles that the Germ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69777892">more...</a>]]></body>
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