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Bookmark or Share- Book Review: ‘Trust,’ by Hernan Diaz - The New York TimesRask comes from a family of tobacco traders, but he hates “the primitive sucking and puffing” that a good cigar requires. ... His choice is a young woman named Helen Brevoort, an American girl ...
- Trust - Harvard ReviewSubsequent sections reveal Benjamin and Helen Rask to be Andrew and Mildred Bevel, who write their own separate accounts to set the record straight. The novel’s longest section, and its heart, is a memoir by one Ida Partenza, a self-taught typist and daughter of an Italian anarchist, who comes to work for Andrew Bevel.
- You can't 'Trust' this novel. And that's a very good thingFor the sake of posterity, Rask does eventually marry — an equally self-contained woman named Helen. Throughout the Roaring '20s, Rask accrues wealth and Helen finds her place as a patron...
- You can't 'Trust' this novel. And that's a very good thingThroughout the Roaring '20s, Rask accrues wealth and Helen finds her place as a patron of the arts. Then, comes the Crash of 1929. Because Rask profits from other speculators' losses, rumors circulate that he rigged the Crash and he and Helen are ostracized. The final chapters of this saga detail Helen's ordeal as a patient at a psychiatric ...
- Trust (novel) - WikipediaBenjamin Rask is a prosperous American financier from a family of merchants-turned-financiers. In his middle age, Benjamin meets the much younger Helen, a prodigy who has spent most of her life in Europe. The two marry, and while they are not in love, they share a mutual respect. Helen begins to spend most of her money on supporting musical ...
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