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Description for Middlesex
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‘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.’
So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and her truly unique family secret, born on the slopes of Mount Olympus and passed on through three generations.
Growing up in 70s Michigan, Calliope’s special inheritance will turn her into Cal, the narrator of this ... Read more
Middlesex won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007528646
SKU
V9780007528646
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-40
About Jeffrey Eugenides
Jeffrey Eugenides is the author of three novels. His first, The Virgin Suicides (1993), is now considered a modern classic. Middlesex (2002) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and both Middlesex and The Marriage Plot (2011) were finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Fresh Complaint, a collection of short stories, was published in 2017. Eugenides is a member ... Read more
Reviews for Middlesex
‘A masterful dissection and reassembling of the American Dream into a shape you will not quite have seen anywhere before’ Daily Telegraph ‘Superb. Warm and beautifully written. Illuminates part of the human soul’ Sunday Times ‘Truly ... Read more