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Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides
$6.06
Middlesex - Thryft
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Intersex gene flowers in Greek-American family.

Middlesex is a fascinating intergenerational saga about a Greek-American family that spans three generations. It is an illuminating narrative of the taboo subject of intersexuality. Eugenides artfully captures the emotions and identity struggle of an intersexual protagonist who battles with his/her gender identity as Cal explores his/her identity that transcends the constructs of conventional male and female. Recommended for readers who enjoy thought-provoking and poignant narratives on identity, culture and family.

  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2003)
  • Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (2003)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2003)
  • Ambassador Book Award for Fiction (2003)
  • Audie Award for Fiction, Unabridged (2003)
  • Lambda Literary Award for Transgender (1)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2002)
  • Premio San Clemente for Lingua estranxeira (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Middlesex

by Jeffrey Eugenides
$6.06
ISBN: 9780312427733
Authors: Jeffrey Eugenides
Publisher: Picador USA
Date of Publication: 2003-09-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature, Race, Classics, LGBTQ+, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 637024 readers)

Description

Middlesex is the winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.A dazzling triumph from the bestselling author of The Virgin Suicides --the astonishing tale of a gene that passes down through three generations of a Greek-American family and flowers in the body of a teenage girl."I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974. . . My birth certificate lists my name as Calliope Helen Stephanides. My most recent driver's license...records my first name simply as Cal."So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of l967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.
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Intersex gene flowers in Greek-American family.

Middlesex is a fascinating intergenerational saga about a Greek-American family that spans three generations. It is an illuminating narrative of the taboo subject of intersexuality. Eugenides artfully captures the emotions and identity struggle of an intersexual protagonist who battles with his/her gender identity as Cal explores his/her identity that transcends the constructs of conventional male and female. Recommended for readers who enjoy thought-provoking and poignant narratives on identity, culture and family.

  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2003)
  • Stonewall Book Award Nominee for Literature (2003)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize Nominee for Fiction (2003)
  • Ambassador Book Award for Fiction (2003)
  • Audie Award for Fiction, Unabridged (2003)
  • Lambda Literary Award for Transgender (1)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2002)
  • Premio San Clemente for Lingua estranxeira (2005)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.