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Epic, multigenerational journey of gender and identity.

"Middlesex" isn't just another novel; it's a grand tapestry weaving through one compelling character's discovery of their identity against the backdrop of a rich family saga. Its deep dive into the complexities of gender, heredity, and cultural change is both enlightening and deeply moving. If you're looking to get lost in a story that spans generations and contemplates the larger questions of who we are, this is a book that will stay with you.

  • 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.
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Middlesex

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ISBN: 9780747564485
Date of Publication: 2003-09-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.03
(rated by 637046 readers)

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I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August 1974. 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 1967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Point, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and the astonishing generic history that turns her to Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.
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Epic, multigenerational journey of gender and identity.

"Middlesex" isn't just another novel; it's a grand tapestry weaving through one compelling character's discovery of their identity against the backdrop of a rich family saga. Its deep dive into the complexities of gender, heredity, and cultural change is both enlightening and deeply moving. If you're looking to get lost in a story that spans generations and contemplates the larger questions of who we are, this is a book that will stay with you.

  • 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.