Pulitzer Prize Fiction Winner
Trust
by Hernan Diaz
Summary
Built from four contradictory documents, a novel, an unfinished memoir, a ghostwriter's account, and a private journal, the book circles the marriage of a 1920s Wall Street financier and his enigmatic wife. Diaz uses the layered structure to interrogate how wealth, gender, and authorship shape what gets recorded as truth. The result is a formally inventive study of power and historical narration.
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Historical Context & Significance
Shared the prize with "Demon Copperhead." It is a masterclass in unreliable narration and the power of money to dictate the truth.