A novel about money and power, trust, intimacy, and the idea we have of ourselves.

Despite the buzz and excitement of the 1920s, everyone in New York knows Benjamin and Ellen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon. She is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they reached the top of a world where wealth seems endless, just as the decade of excess and speculation comes to an end. But what did they have to sacrifice to acquire this enormous fortune? This is the central theme of a successful novel from 1937 that seems to have been read by all of New York. However, there are other versions of this story of privilege and deception.

Hernan Diaz skillfully manages to unite the different narratives, to make them converse with each other and reach their climax, through the perspective of a woman determined to distinguish reality from fantasy. The result is a novel that spans over a century and becomes increasingly captivating with each new discovery.

The Inheritance is both a captivating story and a skillfully crafted literary puzzle that involves the reader in the search for truth, while also addressing the disappointments that often nest in the heart of personal relationships, the power of capital to distort everything, and the ease with which power can manipulate situations.

KIRKUS 2022 Award in the Fiction category
PULITZER 2023 Award in the Fiction category

The second novel by Hernan Diaz, "Parakatathiki", is an unforgettable, multifaceted epic that establishes him as one of the most important chroniclers of the American chimera.