A review by aysha_fm
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

4.0

very glad my prof had us read willa cather's a lost lady before we read this - i think this book works a lot better in conversation with that text. fitzgerald read cather and was openly inspired by her works! the idea of the transformation of values from the west to the east, losing the romanticism of the west and turning eastwards, are much better explored in cather's work but underlay a lot of what's happening in the great gatsby. gorgeous gorgeous prose that i appreciated more on this reread, so many images that you need to read up close.