“Trust” (post 6) by Hernan Diaz: Quotation of monstrous multiple-personality metaphor; then Comment on puzzling inconsistency

“A diarist is a monster: the writing hand and the reading eye are sourced from different bodies” (1, p. 390).

Comment: The novel’s four parts have puzzling inconsistencies. Writers with multiple personality trait may have puzzling inconsistency. The Pulitzer Prize may reward such creativity. Search “puzzling inconsistency” in this blog for further discussion of the psychology.

Should the author have made a greater effort to reconcile inconsistencies? Not if he assumed that readers of "Trust" would have sufficient trust.

1. Hernan Diaz. Trust. Riverhead Books. 2022.