Middlesex is a fantastically epic piece of historical fiction, and a pretty okay coming-of-age story - the first half of the novel, which follows Calliope's grandparents as they immigrate to America, is much stronger because of its basis in Eugenides' personal family history, which it's clear he put a lot of research and thought into. Jeffrey Eugenides was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. The title refers to the street where the family eventually move to in suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan, but also to the protagonist Calliope "Cal" Stephanides, who discovers that he is intersex, despite being raised as a girl. Loosely inspired by aspects of Eugenides' life and his Greek heritage, Middlesex is an intergenerational family drama that follows three generations of Greek-Americans descended from a brother and sister who immigrate from their tiny village to Prohibition-era Detroit. Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides Anagrama, Fiction - 680 pages 0 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified Cal Stephanides. But Middlesex, which was published in 2002 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003, is far more ambitious and Herculean than his quiet deep dive into the mysteries of adolescence. W hen Jeffrey Eugenides came to the Guardian book club to discuss his novel Middlesex, there was admiration of the fact that such a sophisticated book, layered with literary allusions, should also. Eugenides is best known for writing The Virgin Suicides, which went on to become an acclaimed Sofia Coppola film. 'Middlesex' is 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.
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