German publishing house Ullstein Buchverlage has sparked outrage by deciding against a reprint of the sold-out German translation of Hillbilly Elegy, the 2016 autobiography of JD Vance, the newly picked running mate of US presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
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Ullstein cited Vance’s alliance with Trump and his policies as the reason.
Hillbilly Elegy tells of Vance’s upbringing in a poor Ohio town and shines a light on the plight of poor rural whites in the US, often referred to pejoratively as “hillbillies’.
The book, first published in 2016 and made into a movie in 2020, has jumped to the top position on The New York Times‘ bestseller list after Trump chose Vance as his candidate for the vice presidency on July 18.
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