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