Title: The Chosen and the Beautiful
Description: Nghi Vo’s stunning and subversive retelling of The Great Gatsby subtly infuses the world with magic. Jordan Baker is a queer, adopted Vietnamese American raised in America’s wealthiest social circles. She can make cut paper come to life — though it's a skill she has little opportunity to hone as it comes from her Vietnamese ancestry, and she knows no other person of her heritage. She befriends Daisy as a child, and Daisy becomes the epitome of white wealth and privilege. Immersed in Jazz Age culture, Vo expertly draws out the white patriarchal racism and sexism of The Great Gatsby.
Subjects: Fiction, LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy, LGBT, Retelling, American literature, Asian American women, Gays, Nineteen twenties, Américaines d'origine asiatique, Romans, nouvelles, Homosexuels, Années vingt (Vingtième siècle), FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Asian American, Asian Americans, Gays and lesbians