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Summary
Popular fiction and the tycoon's autobiography weave contradictory accounts. And the ghostwriter behind the autobiography is the one who, across a century, disentangles fact from fiction: she it is who finds the true voice of the mistress hidden behind layer upon layer of veils, a voice that will expose the secret of boundless wealth. Trust is a kaleidoscope of capitalism run amok—a story about the pursuit of truth, about the power of wealth to distort reality, and about how power manipulates fact.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers of fiction who enjoy multiple perspectives and structural reversals
- Social-science readers interested in wealth, privilege, and truth
- Deep readers willing to read slowly and savor the puzzle of the text
- Literary readers attentive to how women's voices are obscured by narration
Not a good fit for
- Readers of popular fiction expecting a single linear, straightforward plot
- Readers impatient with multiple versions and unreliable narration
- Readers who want a quick read and won't revisit details
Reading tips
- Read the four parts in order first; don't peek ahead, so as to preserve the experience of being misled by the narration.
- At the end of each part, look back at key details, noting changes in the narrator's identity and stance.
- Pay attention to how Helen's voice is relayed by others; consider who speaks and who is spoken for.
- After finishing, reread Part One to reinterpret its foreshadowing and fissures in light of what follows.
About the publisher
Shanghai Translation Publishing House is a Chinese publisher oriented mainly toward translation and publishing. Its publications cover foreign literature, world classics and classic works, as well as social culture, folk literature and classical poetry. The database contains 2,618 titles, including Never Let Me Go, Les Misérables (2 volumes), Don Quixote (illustrated collector's edition), The Complete Comedies of Molière (4 volumes), The Complete Novels of Kafka (3 volumes), The Collected Works of Dostoevsky (9-volume set), Reason and Persons, and Oedipus Rex (Translation Classics). Its author resources include foreign writers such as Kazuo Ishiguro, Victor Hugo, Cervantes and Molière, as well as translators such as Zheng Kelu, Sun Jiameng, Li Jianwu and Zhang Kun. The publisher has brands such as "Translation Classics Selections" and "Translation Documentary," and emphasizes translated works in foreign literature and the humanities and social sciences, while also publishing bilingual dictionaries and foreign-language educational books. Public information is limited; the above is based on the book information in the database.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 《纽带》， 哈罗德·范纳
- 第一部
- 第二部
- 第三部
- 第四部
- 《我的一生》， 安德鲁·贝维尔
- 前言
- 一
- 二
- 三
- 四
- 五
- 六
- 七
- 《关于回忆录的回忆》， 艾达·帕尔坦扎
- 第一部
- 第二部
- 第三部
- 第四部
- 《未来》， 米尔德丽德·贝维尔
- 致谢
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About the author
Hernán Díaz is a foreign-literature author about whom limited public information is available; the library currently holds only one of his works, his representative novel Trust. Under the usual classification, his writing falls into foreign literature and is aimed at readers of contemporary fiction. The title Trust suggests that the narrative may revolve around interpersonal reliance, ambiguous relationships, and the reliability of storytelling; since more verifiable information is lacking, no specific inferences about the plot are made here. What is certain is that the book has been translated into Chinese and has become the main entry point for readers to encounter this author, also serving as a starting point for understanding his later work. For readers interested in contemporary foreign fiction, Hernán Díaz is a name worth noting but still awaiting fuller presentation through more materials.
Liu Jian is an author with limited publicly available information, and the works attributed to him under this name span a notably wide range of subjects. The database contains twenty-one titles, covering management, society and culture, world history, Eastern philosophy, foreign literature, and law. Among the representative works are volumes on cognition and thinking such as Appearance and Essence: Analogy as the Source and Fire of Thought; historical works including Perry Anderson's European History Trilogy and The Transition from Antiquity to Feudalism; studies in Western Marxism such as the Guide to Lukács Studies; a legal-practice volume in the illustrated series on case filing, evidence, conviction and sentencing standards; and a book on cardiac health and lifestyle titled On the Heart. Since his birth and death dates, nationality, and educational background are unknown, his overall style and scholarly stance are difficult to summarize; readers may form their own judgment from the subjects and editorial formats of the individual works.
