The Chosen and the Beautiful

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo

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Immigrant. Socialite. Magician. Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. She's also queer, Asian, adopted, and treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, while the most important doors remain closed to her. But the world is full of wonders: infernal pacts and dazzling illusions, lost ghosts and elemental mysteries. In all paper is fire, and Jordan can burn the cut paper heart out of a man. She just has to learn how. Nghi Vo's debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful reinvents this classic of the American canon as a coming-of-age story full of magic, mystery, and glittering excess, and introduces a major new literary voice.

Publication Year: 2021


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    I really enjoyed reading the great Gatsby, so I'm liking the parts that follow the original, but sometimes I feel it is forced, which is making me think I just don't get this book. Or I don't understand what Jordan feels about Gatsby and Nick.

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  • Thoughts from 18% (page 50)

    It's slow. It's boring. It's also the only book I can muster to pick up 🥱 so I guess I'm stuck here

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  • Thoughts from 9% (page 25)

    Mind you, I walked into this BLIND so you can just imagine how confused I am 😀 about everything

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