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Middlesex
‘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.’
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, from the bestselling author of The Virgin Suicides
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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 1974.’
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 the 70s Michigan, Calliope’s special inheritance will turn her into Cal, the narrator of this intersex, inter-generational epic of immigrant life in 20th century America.
Middlesex won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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i>Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is hailed as a masterful exploration of the American Dream through a unique lens. Reviews praise its warmth and beautiful prose, noting it as a truly original and compelling narrative that sheds light on deep aspects of the human soul. Acclaimed for its big-hearted storytelling, the book is celebrated for its originality and depth.
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ISBN: 9780007528646
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 June 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 380g
Pages: 544
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About the Author
Jeffrey Eugenides was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. His first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was published in 1993 to great acclaim and he has received numerous awards for his work. In 2003, Eugenides received the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Middlesex, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and France’s Prix Medicis and has sold more than 3 million copies.
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