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Loading... The Nature of Truth (edition 2003)by Sergio Troncoso
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None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) ShouldIReadIt | Sep 26, 2014 |  This review was written for LibraryThing Member Giveaways. This was an enjoyable read. I felt the story started slowly and the author was repetitive and tried a bit hard, but eventually it opened into a great thriller and morality tale. I particularly enjoyed the debate of the sense of standards and integrity and how that plays between your commitment to yourself vs your commitment to your community. Also, towards the end, there is a very cynical, but truthful, rant about what we have become as a people and what has lead to the lessening of "the right thing to do" being the standard. (  ) Bricker | Jul 17, 2014 | This review was written for LibraryThing Member Giveaways. I had a tough time getting into this book but after 100 or so pages, I was glad I stuck with it. The first part was a little slow and plodding for my taste and also refers to places and things related to Germany. Since my knowledge of Germany is limited, that may be why I struggled with it. Once the action starts, though, it does get suspenseful and throws in some interesting plot twists. You may or may not be surprised by the ending, depending on your view of right or wrong. ( ) ewhatley | Jul 16, 2014 |
 Engaging the complex issues of race and identity into the battle of ideologies regarding crime and punishment, Sergio Troncoso's The Nature of Truth single-handedly redefines the Chicano novel and the literary thriller.... And The Nature of Truth is a unique meditation on redemption and retribution that tackles racism, homophobia, and anti-Semitism with sensitivity and skill. Troncoso's legacy is in having expanded the social and geographical terrain of the Chicano narrative with enviable aplomb." "The subtlety, and fairness, with which Troncoso presents these conflicting frameworks [Nietzschean valor, Christian pragmatism, and blind inductivism] stand as the novel's crowning intellectual achievement, side by side with the artistic one: a convincing tale of murder and ruminating guilt." "I hope it isn't the kiss of death to invoke the name of Dostoyevsky in praise of Sergio Troncoso's impressively lucid first thriller.... As Dagoberto Gilb says in a jacket quote, 'Troncoso has widened the field for all of us.'" AwardsNotable Lists
A graduate student at Yale University, Helmut Sanchez has discovered an ugly truth about his boss, a world-renowned German professor. In a letter written more than fifty years ago, Professor Werner Hopfgartner absolved Austria of any guilt for its participation in the Second World War.What kind of sick mind would rationalize away the murder of millions of Jews, gypsies and other subversives, Helmut wonders. And how can it be that he has been helping, and even admiring, such a person? As the young researcher continues his quest for answers, he uncovers something even more horrific, something that fuels a dangerous obsession for justice--and a murderous plan.But he isn't the only one who hates Hopfgartner. Regina Neumann, a colleague in the department, is determined to nail the aged scholar for his sexual involvement with young co-eds, something everyone knows about but ignores. And there are former lovers and the students he has taken advantage of. Award-winning author Sergio Troncoso has penned a suspenseful novel that explores right and wrong, good and evil, and the murky borders in between. Ultimately, we are left to ask: what is the nature of truth? No library descriptions found. |
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