Nerdette Book Club: 'Trust,' discussed!

Nerdette

Greta Johnsen

Tv & Film, Self, Nerd, Books, Technology, Tv, Improvement, Culture, Wbez, Society & Culture, Pop, Nerdette, Nerds

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Nerdette Book Club’s December selection, Hernan Diaz’s critically-acclaimed ‘Trust,’ is a novel that invites readers to question the very act of reading. The historical novel is actually four different pieces of writing — a novella, an unfinished autobiography, a memoir and an excerpt from a personal diary. Each section changes the meaning of the preceding piece, creating what critic Hillary Kelly called a “puzzle box” in her review for LA Times. Kelly joined Lupita Aquino, who you can find on Instagram as @LupitaReads, to unpack the elements of this multi-layered story.

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0:47.2	It's just like a regular book club,
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0:51.2	It is December, and our book selection this month
0:54.6	is Ernan Diaz's excellent historical novel, Trust.
0:58.4	It's a puzzle of a story about wealth, capital,
1:01.0	and who gets to tell their stories.
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