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Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)


Unabridged Audiobook

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66
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23
Release Date
May 3, 2022
Duration
10 hours 21 minutes
Summary
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
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.
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Anonymous

No sense of lyric in the language Did not care for the characters. Similar subject is “ the Rules of Civility “. Much better book

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Catherine P.

It’s not until the last chapters that the book becomes worth it. You’re better off with Edith Wharton or Henry James, which have more psychological depth, as the premise in this book is not that sophisticated. It is however nicely written and beautifully read.

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Anonymous

Surprise was not a surprise.

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Ella

Dreadfully dull. How this won a Pulitzer Prize is unbelievable, its so bad.

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Katherine N.

This book was surprisingly strong in providing possible scenarios of how wealth may have been built in this country. Particularly enlightening was the author’s understanding that some powerful men took credit for the brainpower of women. Haughtiness seemed to wreak from these men, the more they were dependent on a woman.

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Egle Z.

The language of this book is exquisite. Such a great read!

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Jennifer F.

I though the book was remarkable. There were times I felt a bit lost in the details. Overall, it was a powerful tale of an interesting time. Made me wonder about other couples who seemingly worked as a team.

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Anonymous

Laughed at the contrasting perspectives.

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Lauren D.

The author is brilliant, and the story hooked me for most of the book, however i wasn’t thrilled with the last third of the book. I enjoyed it, extremely well written,

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