Hannes Stein,
Die Welt
In the spring of 2016, as the world laughed at a Queens-born TV host desperate to become President of the United States, one of the most curious books rose to America's bestseller - a work located halfway between autobiography, leaflet and sociological inquiry.
Its title:
Hillbilly Élégie
, its author: JD Vance.
Vance described a group of individuals who must have looked like an exotic tribe to urban Americans of all colors and religious backgrounds - the poor whites of Kentucky and Ohio, who live at the foot of the Appalachians.
Proud and arrogant people.
Scottish Irish.
Patriots.
Armed people, poorly educated and suspicious of foreigners.
Ruined houses in the middle of an enchanting landscape.
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Their grandfathers had worked in metallurgy or coal;
now they were unemployed and drowning their despair in drugs,
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