Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search



Trust  Cover Image Book Book

Trust / Hernan Diaz.

Summary:

"An award-winning writer of absorbing, sophisticated fiction delivers a stylish and propulsive novel rooted in early 20th century New York, about wealth and talent, trust and intimacy, truth and perception. In glamorous 1920s New York City, two characters of sophisticated taste come together. One is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; the other, the brilliant daughter of penniless aristocrats. Steeped in affluence and grandeur, their marriage excites gossip and allows a continued ascent -- all at a moment when the country is undergoing a great transformation. This is the story at the center of Harold Vanner's novel Bonds, which everyone in 1938 New York seems to have read. But it isn't the only version. Provocative, propulsive, and repeatedly surprising, Hernan Diaz's TRUST puts the story of these characters into conversation with the "the truth"-and in tension with the life and perspective of an outsider immersed in the mystery of a competing account. The result is an overarching novel that becomes more exhilarating and profound with each new layer and revelation, engaging the reader in a treasure hunt for the truth that confronts the reality-warping gravitational pull of money, and how power often manipulates facts."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593420317
  • ISBN: 0593420314
  • Physical Description: 402 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2022.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Bonds / Harold Vanner -- My life / Andrew Bevel -- A memoir, remembered / Ida Partenza -- Futures / Mildred Bevel.
Awards Note:
Pulitzer Prize winner, 2023
Subject: Rich people > Fiction.
Financial services industry > Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Fiction.
Mental illness > Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 30 of 37 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rolla Public.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 37 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Rolla Public Library FIC DIA (Text) 38256101873739 Adult Fiction Available -

Syndetic Solutions - Summary for ISBN Number 9780593420317
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
by Diaz, Hernan
Rate this title:
vote data
Click an element below to view details:

Summary

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)


WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2022 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE "Buzzy and enthralling ...A glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable misery...Fun as hell to read." --Oprah Daily "A genre-bending, time-skipping story about New York City's elite in the roaring '20s and Great Depression."-- Vanity Fair "A riveting story of class, capitalism, and greed." -- Esquire "Exhilarating." -- New York Times 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.

Additional Resources