Trust by Domenico Starnone

 Pietro and Teresa’s love affair is tempestuous and passionate. After yet another terrible argument, she gets an idea: they should tell each other something they’ve never told another person, something they’re too ashamed to tell anyone. In this way, Teresa thinks, they will remain intimately connected forever.

A few days after sharing their shameful secrets, they break up. Not long after, Pietro meets Nadia, falls in love, and proposes. But the shadow of the secret he confessed to Teresa haunts him, and Teresa herself periodically reappears, standing at the crossroads of every major moment in his life. Or is it he who seeks her out?

Trust asks how much we are willing to bend to show the world our best side, knowing full well that when we are at our most vulnerable, we are also at our most dangerous.

REVIEWS

“Starnone packs a huge amount into a small compass.” ― The Sunday Times

"What is most thrilling about Trust is its overwhelming sense of unease.... the selves we “make” for ourselves and others may be the most dangerous of the stories we tell." ― The Times Literary Supplement

"There's a big #MeToo moment in this novel [...]. Absolutely brilliant! I have to say: Jhumpa Lahiri has done an amazing job. She is the best translator a writer could wish for." ― RTĒ, Arena

PRODUCT DETAILS
Paperback with French flaps
Publisher: Europa Editions
ISBN: 978-1787703186
Pages: 144