
The illusion and power of money in Hernan Diaz's 'Trust'
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Trust by Fernan Diez
Fernan diez's new novel, trust may move you to look differently at a five dollar bill. Why are we so confident it can buy a cup of coffee and a muffin? Because it has a story, a narrative. Trust is book spun from four narratives, a novel wrought from the tale of one financial barron during the 19 29 stockmarket crash. Let's ask the novelist to read from the secretary's memoir when she applies for her job. And let us talk then aout about mildred, who dies young and beloved. Did she win a lottery in life to become part such wealth and be a patron of the arts and a philanthropist? Or her wish is
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