![]() ![]() Intern Michael Elmets reading Mikhail Bulgakov’s Black Snow which, like the author’s other Stalin-era books, became unavailable until long after the author’s death. Melville House editor Kirsten Reach with Kate Chopin’s The Awakening- banned in numerous places when first published, and still challenged regularly. ![]() ![]() Melville House co-publisher Valerie Merians reading Havana Real by Yoani Sanchez, still unavailable in the author’s native Cuba. Melville House editor Sal Robinson reads Irmgard Keun’s After Midnight-which was written while on the run from the Gestapo, who had Keun on their death list. Melville House’s digital media guru Alex Shepherd reads Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov’s Heart of a Dog, which was available only in the samizdat until forty years after the author’s death. Wah-Ming Chang, Melville House’s managing editor, reading Mary MacLane’s I Await the Devil’s Coming-which was promptly banned in the author’s hometown library, prompting her to leave Butte, Montana. Melville House marketing manager Dustin Kurtz reading Mahmoud Dowlatabadi’s The Colonel- still unpublished in the author’s native Iran. Melville House co-publisher Dennis Johnson reading Hans Fallada’s Little Man, What Now? - the book that was the beginning of the end for Hans Fallada. ![]()
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