The Elusive, Shifting Nature of Reality: IYCRMM

Here are four novels that grandly challenge the notions of truth, perception, and objectivity. Great reading hours guaranteed.Trust by Hernan DiazThis new novel of Diaz is on the 2022 Booker list, and it’s got a Rashomon-effect structure that deftly plays with our notions of objective truth, history, and fact-finding. The first section of the book is taken up by a novel that was popular in the tailend of the 1920’s. Written by Harold Vanner, it purports to be a veiled biography of Benjamin and Helen Rask. Benjamin is a Gatsby-type figure who ruled Wall Street, was immensely rich, and...