A dazzling literary puzzle: the mysterious story of a tycoon from the 1920s in several versions that complement or contradict each other.

In the triumphant twenties, Benjamin Rask and his wife Helen dominate New York: he, a financial magnate who has amassed a fortune; she, the daughter of some eccentric aristocrats. But as the decade draws to a close, and their excesses reveal a dark side, suspicions begin to surround the Rasks...

That is the starting point of Obligations, a best-selling 1937 novel that everyone in New York seems to have read and that tells a story that can, however, be told in a few other ways. In Fortuna, Hernán Díaz composes a masterful literary puzzle: a sum of voices, of confronting versions that complement, qualify and contradict each other, and, in doing so, put the reader before the borders and limits between reality and fiction, between the truth – perhaps impossible to find – and its manipulated version.

Fortuna explores the ins and outs of American capitalism, the power of money, the passions and betrayals that drive personal relationships and the ambition that ruins everything.

Here is a novel that, as it travels through the 20th century, captures the reader on the first page and does not let go until the last, keeping them in permanent tension thanks to the fascinating literary game it proposes, full of surprises and unexpected turns.

"Meticulously researched and formally ambitious, it succeeds in everything it sets out to do" (Publishers Weekly).

«Impossible to stop reading» (Abhrajyoti Chakraborty, The Guardian).

"Absolutely brilliant... Immaculate writing" (Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times).

«A fascinating story of class, capitalism and greed. The result is a very ambitious and even more successful hypnotic metafictional alchemy” (Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire).

"Unquestionably intelligent and sophisticated" (Buzz Poole, The Boston Globe).

"Brilliant and moving... A story of wealth, love and madness" (Kirkus Reviews).

"Intricate, witty and with solid surprises... With echoes of Henry James, Edith Wharton and Thomas Mann... A stimulating and intelligent novel" (Michael Gorra, The New York Times).

"Brilliant and rewarding... An elegant and irresistible puzzle" (Ron Charles, The Washington Post).

«A sublime novel, full of layers» (Roxane Gay).

«At the same time very classic and very original. Balzac would be proud, but Borges too” (Rachel Kushner).

«Armed with intelligence and brimming with surprises: a splendid novel» (Sigrid Nunez).