Description: An Instant National Bestseller! An Indie Next Pick! Locus Award Finalist! A Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for Oprah Magazine USA Today Buzzfeed Greatist BookPage PopSugar Bustle The Nerd Daily Goodreads Literary Hub Ms. Magazine Library Journal Culturess Book Riot Parade Magazine Kirkus The Week Book Bub OverDrive The Portalist Publishers Weekly A Best of Summer Pick for TIME Magazine CNN Book Riot The Daily Beast Lambda Literary The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Goodreads Bustle Veranda Magazine The Week Bookish St. Louis Post-Dispatch Den of Geek LGBTQ Reads Pittsburgh City Paper Bookstr Tatler HK A Best Fantasy Novel from the Last 10 Years for Book Riot A Best of 2021 Pick for NPR "Deserves to be read alongside the book that inspired it. Vo''s prose is beautifully supple, and the novel shines when she reads "Gatsby" against the grain... A sumptuous, decadent read. "-- The New York Times " Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today ."--Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen "A luminous shift in perspective for a classic, this retelling will never let you look at Gatsby the same way. "-- TIME Magazine "Nghi Vo''s The Chosen and the Beautiful isn''t just The Great Gatsby in jeans, it''s a work of art in its own right. This queer romance has everything: Intrigue, betrayal and magic. Vo manages to tackle big ideas about race and inclusion and to keep it all sensual and erotic without exoticizing Asian women. The Chosen and the Beautiful is a masterfully wrought update on an American classic ."-- Today " I love it with the passion of a thousand burning hearts ... Vo''s audacious amendments shift the register of " The Great Gatsby ," creating a story that galvanizes Fitzgerald''s classic and leaves a new one vibrating alongside... from the old bones of an American classic, Vo has conjured up something magically alive ."-- The Washington Post " This is a wholly enthralling vision of the American Dream as observed and experienced by one suspended in a liminal place -- accepted, but not really a part of the whole; apart, but not quite separate. Vo gives us a dreamy, sharply-drawn glamour; a vibrant, penetrating exploration of character. The Chosen and the Beautiful is exactly enough -- but why not indulge with a reread?"--NPR "Like the bouquet off the finest vintage found in Gatsby''s cellar, magic suffuses and floats off the pages of Nghi Vo''s THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL. It is more than a reimagining of a classic; it is a work of art unique in its voice, viewpoint, and effervescent prose. Her words slice like a paper cut, yet in their healing, they leave one marked forever."--James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author " Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original , adding logic and depth to characters'' motivations while still--uncannily--unspooling the familiar story. Astonishingly crafted, with luscious prose and appeal for both fans of the original and those who always felt The Great Gatsby missed the mark ."-- Kirkus Reviews , *starred review* " Extraordinary. . . Vo''s immersive prose never ceases to captivate. The Gatsby-related details and hints of magic will keep readers spellbound from start to finish." -- Publishers Weekly , *starred review* "An utterly captivating series of speakeasies, back-seat trysts, parties both grand and intimate and romances both magical and mundane. . . . Vo is a remarkable writer whose talent for reviving Fitzgerald''s style of prose is reminiscent of Susanna Clarke channeling Jane Austen in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell . But it is Vo''s additions to Gatsby''s original plot that truly shine. . . . [Shenst the grain... A sumptuous, decadent read. "-- The New York Times " Nghi Vo is one of the most original writers we have today ."--Taylor Jenkins Reid on Siren Queen "A luminous shift in perspective for a classic, this retelling will never let you look at Gatsby the same way. "-- TIME Magazine "Nghi Vo''s The Chosen and the Beautiful isn''t just The Great Gatsby in jeans, it''s a work of art in its own right. This queer romance has everything: Intrigue, betrayal and magic. Vo manages to tackle big ideas about race and inclusion and to keep it all sensual and erotic without exoticizing Asian women. The Chosen and the Beautiful is a masterfully wrought update on an American classic ."-- Today " I love it with the passion of a thousand burning hearts ... Vo''s audacious amendments shift the register of " The Great Gatsby ," creating a story that galvanizes Fitzgerald''s classic and leaves a new one vibrating alongside... from the old bones of an American classic, Vo has conjured up something magically alive ."-- The Washington Post " This is a wholly enthralling vision of the American Dream as observed and experienced by one suspended in a liminal place -- accepted, but not really a part of the whole; apart, but not quite separate. Vo gives us a dreamy, sharply-drawn glamour; a vibrant, penetrating exploration of character. The Chosen and the Beautiful is exactly enough -- but why not indulge with a reread?"--NPR "Like the bouquet off the finest vintage found in Gatsby''s cellar, magic suffuses and floats off the pages of Nghi Vo''s THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL. It is more than a reimagining of a classic; it is a work of art unique in its voice, viewpoint, and effervescent prose. Her words slice like a paper cut, yet in their healing, they leave one marked forever."--James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author " Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original , adding logic and depth to characters'' motivations while still--uncannily--unspooling the familiar story. Astonishingly crafted, with luscious prose and appeal for both fans of the original and those who always felt The Great Gatsby missed the mark ."-- Kirkus Reviews , *starred review* " Extraordinary. . . Vo''s immersive prose never ceases to captivate. The Gatsby-related details and hints of magic will keep readers spellbound from start to finish." -- Publishers Weekly , *starred review* "An utterly captivating series of speakeasies, back-seat trysts, parties both grand and intimate and romances both magical and mundane. . . . Vo is a remarkable writer whose talent for reviving Fitzgerald''s style of prose is reminiscent of Susanna Clarke channeling Jane Austen in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell . But it is Vo''s additions to Gatsby''s original plot that truly shine. . . . [Shew one vibrating alongside... from the old bones of an American classic, Vo has conjured up something magically alive ."-- The Washington Post " This is a wholly enthralling vision of the American Dream as observed and experienced by one suspended in a liminal place -- accepted, but not really a part of the whole; apart, but not quite separate. Vo gives us a dreamy, sharply-drawn glamour; a vibrant, penetrating exploration of character. The Chosen and the Beautiful is exactly enough -- but why not indulge with a reread?"--NPR "Like the bouquet off the finest vintage found in Gatsby''s cellar, magic suffuses and floats off the pages of Nghi Vo''s THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL. It is more than a reimagining of a classic; it is a work of art unique in its voice, viewpoint, and effervescent prose. Her words slice like a paper cut, yet in their healing, they leave one marked forever."--James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author " Vo has crafted a retelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original , adding logic and depth to characters'' motivations while still--uncannily--unspooling the familiar story. Astonishingly crafted, with luscious prose and appeal for both fans of the original and those who always felt The Great Gatsby missed the mark ."-- Kirkus Reviews , *starred review* " Extraordinary. . . Vo''s immersive prose never ceases to captivate. The Gatsby-related details and hints of magic will keep readers spellbound from start to finish." -- Publishers Weekly , *starred review* "An utterly captivating series of speakeasies, back-seat trysts, parties both grand and intimate and romances both magical and mundane. . . . Vo is a remarkable writer whose talent for reviving Fitzgerald''s style of prose is reminiscent of Susanna Clarke channeling Jane Austen in Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell . But it is Vo''s additions to Gatsby''s original plot that truly shine. . . . [Sheetelling that, in many ways, surpasses the original, adding logic and depth to characters'' motivations while still--uncannily--unspooling the familiar story. Astonishingly crafted, with luscious prose and appeal for both fans of the original and those who always felt The Great Gatsby missed the mark ."-- Kirkus Reviews , *starred review* " Extraordinary. . . Vo''s immersive prose never ceases to captivate. The Gatsby-related details and hints of magic will keep readers spellbound from start to finish." -- Publishers Weekly , *starred review* "A

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