Burning the books, shattering the statue, of poet and holocaust victim Miklós Radnóti
They drove a car into it, a black Mercedes. Miklós Radnóti, if you’ve not read him. was an immensely skilled poet, born in Hungary in 1905. He died in 1944, murdered… Read more »
How to celebrate your author’s Nobel win
We’re extremely proud of our entire list of titles here at Melville House, a list that includes the best books by two winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Heinrich… Read more »
Imre Kertesz: The reports of my retirement are “a bit too hasty”
And he has asked Melville House, as his English-language publisher, to let the world know that he is still at work… Read more »
“There is something quintessentially youthful and life-affirming in this writer’s sensibility …”
November 9th was Imre Kertesz’s 83rd birthday. He is the winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize and one of literature’s greatest lights. He is an author who captivates and seduces… Read more »
OFFER: In celebration of Imre Kertész
I’m 82. I’m ill. My reaction has been to settle here, in Berlin. Act? I can only do that by writing. And yet when I do, it doesn’t have any… 1 / Read more »