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French language

ISBN:: 9782823617887

(2 reviews)

Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth—all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.

Hernan Diaz’s TRUST elegantly puts these competing narratives into conversation with one another—and in tension with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction. The result is a novel that spans over a century and becomes more exhilarating with each new revelation.

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Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth—all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.

Hernan Diaz’s TRUST elegantly puts these competing narratives into conversation with one another—and in tension with the perspective of one woman bent on disentangling fact from fiction. The result is a novel that spans over a century and becomes more exhilarating with each new revelation.

At once an immersive story and a brilliant literary puzzle, TRUST engages the reader in a quest for the truth while confronting the deceptions that often live at the heart of personal relationships, the reality-warping force of capital, and the ease with which power can manipulate facts.

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Anthony reviewed Trust by Hernan Diaz

Trust

5 stars

Bourgeoisie new-yorkaise, Grande Dépression, Wall Street... des sujets loin de mes intérêts, j'avais quelques réticences à commencer la lecture du roman de Hernan Diaz. Mais le style — un brin suranné — et les interrogations qui commencent à poindre dès les premières pages m'ont permis de me délester de ces aprioris. Le génie de l'auteur réside dans le procédé narratif. Sur ce point, je vous incite fortement à ne pas vous renseigner davantage, vous permettant ainsi d'en profiter pleinement et de le laisser se révéler au fur et à mesure de votre lecture. Je ne regrette donc pas d'avoir suivi l'avis de l'hebdomadaire dans lequel j'ai découvert le roman, une manière d'élargir ses horizons au-delà de sa zone de confort.

sarah reviewed Trust by Hernan Diaz

I knew where it was going, but a good ride

4 stars

I didn’t love this the way I did Diaz’s first book—this one felt a bit more obvious in how it was going to go about telling the story I could feel it wanted to tell about money. But it was also a good story, so I forgave some of its faults

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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction