Hernan Diaz
1) Trust
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In glamorous 1920s New York City, two characters of sophisticated taste come together. One is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; the other, the brilliant daughter of penniless aristocrats. Steeped in affluence and grandeur, their marriage excites gossip and allows a continued ascent -- all at a moment when the country is undergoing a great transformation. This is the story at the center of Harold Vanner's novel Bonds, which everyone in 1938 New York...
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Language
English
Description
A 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...
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Language
Español
Description
¿Cómo nació la idea de socialismo? No fue una iluminación momentánea ni el producto inspirado de un solo pensador, sino un lento proceso que involucró a dos o tres generaciones de luchadores, filósofos, reformadores y militantes, que culminaron en la síntesis elaborada por Marx y Engels en las vísperas de la revolución de 1848. Este libro intenta dar cuenta de cómo ese conjunto de nociones nacieron como una crítica del régimen instaurado...
