This is my first post on the blog. Hope it goes well. When I took a sick day, I thought to myself, hey maybe you should do something that is good like read a book. So that's what I did. I asked Sarah to go to the library and find me a short Steinbeck book. I am a fan of Steinbeck. His books are so gritty. And I can't help myself, I love gritty.
Anyways, Sarah found a book that I had never heard about, but I enjoyed immensely. The Moon is Down is a book that takes place in a small town during World War II that is occupied suddenly. The beginning of the book shows the absurdity of war. In the beginning the mayor's wife does not know what the etiquette is when having the occupying leaders over.
The book's main focus is on the spirit freedom. Steinbeck does a great job of showing how life would be easier for the occupied if they just followed what their captors asked them to do. But people yearn freedom. You can not stop it. No matter what you try people will fight for freedom even if it makes them hungry, or lonely, or if they die. People will be free.
In vintage Steinbeck, the ending takes some time to digest. I love his endings. After I closed the book, I had to ponder for a while. That's why I love his endings.
It was a comforting book. Steinbeck and comforting do not usually go hand in hand, but in this case it works. For all you people who are a little bit afraid of Steinbeck, this is an easy read and it does not have the bad words that some of his books do. A great book to jump into this great author with.
2 comments:
BIG A
Steinbeck Huh? Sounds like a good read. there are so few books about the civilians in war, i've never heard of one that was only about occupation. I agree with your comments about freedom.
Lemon Cakes From Iowa
Sounds pretty interesting. I confess when I saw it was Steinbeck I was worried about exactly what you said, the swearing and stuff. But, thanks for allaying those worries.
Amen to the freedom part too.
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