Hernan Diaz

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 BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022LONGLISTED 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.

Hämta bokcirkelfrågor till Egendom här >> När börskraschen inträffar 1929 på Wall Street får det glada tjugotalet ett abrupt slut. Världsekonomin lamslås och miljontals människor mister inte bara sina investeringar, utan i många fall allt som utgjort deras liv. Endast ett par tycks gå oskadda genom katastrofen – och har dessutom mångdubblat sina redan astronomiska tillgångar. Men vad ligger egentligen bakom societetsparet Benjamin och Helen Rasks oerhörda rikedom? Det osannolikt förmögna paret Rask förbryllar en hel finansvärld. Tillsammans är de huvudpersonerna i ”Förbindelser”, en roman som hela New York skvallrar om. Men det verkar finnas andra versioner av deras framgångssaga. Här döljer sig mörka historier om bruten lojalitet, makt och svek. Att läsa Egendom är som att öppna en rysk docka. Lager på lager lyfts av, och kvar finns en berättelse om ensamhet och att vara kvinna i en förljugen finansvärld. Vi dras ohjälpligt in i en suggestiv saga, full av hemligheter och oväntade vändningar. En saga som ocksåblir till en brutal uppvisning i hur makt och pengar korrumperar sanningen. Hernan Diaz roman är ett suggestivt och intrikat pussel, där olika röster får skildra samma komplexa personer. Vem äger sanningen? Egendom är också en brutal uppvisning i hur makt kan manipulera fakta och ställer frågan om pengars verkliga värde. Ett intelligent och originellt äventyr, och och sannerligen en litterär triumf för Hernan Diaz, en av USA:s mest intressanta författare av idag.

Tillit av Herman Diaz er en storslått roman om penger, makt og inflytelse. Sett fra fire vinkler følger vi ekteparet Rask under 1920-tallet i Amerika. Romanen hylles av kritikerne for sin egenart og driv. I 1920-årenes New York kjenner alle Benjamin og Helen Rask. Hans evne til å ligge ett skritt foran aksjemarkedet har gitt ham et legendarisk ry på Wall Street, hennes aristokratiske bakgrunn og skarpe intellekt har gjort henne myteomspunnet i sosietetssirkler. Sammen steg de til toppen av en verden av tilsynelatende uendelig rikdom - men hva har formuen deres egentlig kostet? Tillit er roman en i fire deler, som på storslått vis drar leseren med seg på en reise gjennom det 20. århundret, i et stadig mer besettende forsøk på å skille løgn fra fakta. En oppslukende litterær gåte - og en undersøkelse av kapitalens makt over selve virkeligheten. «... rett og slett en frydefull oppdagelsesferd av en bok. (...) Oversetter Bjørn Alex Herrman har for øvrig gjort en strålende jobb med å dyrke frem det svært varierte menneskegalleriets egenartede tone og språk.» Oda Faremo Lindholm, VG (Terningkast 5) «Hernan Diaz skriver spennende med uventede virkemidler.» Steinar Brandslet, Stavanger Aftenblad (Terningkast 5) «Romanen som har alt. Tillit siktar seg presist inn mot punktet der psykologi og finans kryssar kvarandre. Resultatet er svimlande.» Marta Norheim, NRK «Særs vanskelig å legge fra seg. Hernan Diaz tegner et strålende portrett av et ekteskap, sett fra fire forskjellige perspektiver. (...) Romaner med en så leken innstilling til form, som samtidig er så tilgjengelige som Tillit, er sjelden vare.» Varg Lukas Folkman, Dagens Næringsliv «Tillit er en smart og underholdende roman, som både er en lettlest pageturner, en imponerende litterær gåte og en intellektuell diskusjon om kapitalismens makt og hvem det er som egentlig forteller historien.» Hilde Slåtto, Vårt Land «Pent om pengefolks hemmeligheter. (...) Hernan Diaz' Tillit er en roman i stadig dialog med seg selv. Den stiller smarte spørsmål, om penger så vel som mellommenneskelige forhold, uten helt å slå seg til ro med noen av svarene. For hvor skal man egentlig plassere tilliten?»

From Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer finalist and author of In the Distance, Trust is a novel of extraordinary ambition and scope, told in four parts that slowly reveal the real woman behind the stories written about her by others. For fans of Kate Atkinson and Donna Tartt, Trust is an American classic in the making.

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 BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022LONGLISTED 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.

An unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception 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.

As a young man Hakan Soderstrom is sent from Gothenburg with his brother Linus, to seek their fortunes in New York. In the chaos of the port, he is separated from Linus and finds himself on a ship bound for California. Determined to find Linus, Hakan sets out on a journey east, moving against the tide of history, experiencing the Gold Rush and its effects, encourtering capitalists and colonialists, explorers and early scientists, and witnessing the formation of America and the betrayal of its dream. A story about loneliness, companionship and wonder.

Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for FictionA young Swedish immigrant finds himself penniless and alone in California. The boy travels East in search of his brother, moving on foot against the great current of emigrants pushing West. Driven back again and again, he meets naturalists, criminals, religious fanatics, swindlers, Indians, and lawmen, and his exploits turn him into a legend. Diaz defies the conventions of historical fiction and genre, offering a probing look at the stereotypes that populate our past and a portrait of radical foreignness. Hernan Diaz is the author of Borges, Between History and Eternity (Bloomsbury 2012), managing editor of RHM, and associate director of the Hispanic Institute at Columbia University. He lives in New York.

That Borges is one of the key figures in 20th-century literature is beyond debate. The reasons behind this claim, however, are a matter of contention. In Latin America he is read as someone who reorganized the canon, questioned literary hierarchies, and redefined the role of marginal literatures. On the other hand, in the rest of the world, most readers (and dictionaries) tend to identify the adjective "Borgesian" with intricate metaphysical puzzles and labyrinthine speculations of universal reach, completely detached from particular traditions. One reading is context-saturated, while the other is context-deprived. Oddly enough, these "institutional" and "transcendental" approaches have not been pitched against each other in a critical way. Borges, between History and Eternity brings these perspectives together by considering key aspects of Borges's work—the reciprocal determinations of politics, philosophy and literature; the simultaneously confining and emancipating nature of language; and the incipient program for a literature of the Americas.

That Borges is one of the key figures in 20th-century literature is beyond debate. The reasons behind this claim, however, are a matter of contention. In Latin America he is read as someone who reorganized the canon, questioned literary hierarchies, and redefined the role of marginal literatures. On the other hand, in the rest of the world, most readers (and dictionaries) tend to identify the adjective "Borgesian" with intricate metaphysical puzzles and labyrinthine speculations of universal reach, completely detached from particular traditions. One reading is context-saturated, while the other is context-deprived. Oddly enough, these "institutional" and "transcendental" approaches have not been pitched against each other in a critical way. Borges, between History and Eternity brings these perspectives together by considering key aspects of Borges's work—the reciprocal determinations of politics, philosophy and literature; the simultaneously confining and emancipating nature of language; and the incipient program for a literature of the Americas.