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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 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 Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret and an astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.

Middlesex won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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‘A masterful dissection and reassembling of the American Dream into a shape you will not quite have seen anywhere before’ Daily Telegraph

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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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Publisher ‏ : ‎ 4th Estate GB (1 September 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0007528647
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0007528646
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.7 x 3.5 x 13.1 cm

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Jeffrey Eugenides -- winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Middlesex -- was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1960. His first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was published in 1993, and has since been translated into fifteen languages and made into a major motion picture. His second novel, Middlesex, was an international bestseller. Jeffrey Eugenides is the recipient of many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and The National Foundation for the Arts, a Whiting Writers' Award, and the Harold D. Vursell Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has been a Fellow of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm of the DAAD and of the American Academy in Berlin. Jeffrey Eugenides lives in Berlin.

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Thoroughly engrossing

Reviewed in Australia on 1 February 2015

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Middlesex is an epic, sweeping family saga covering three generations of the Stephanides’ family. It is, quite simply, an endearing sensory treasure.

It is these rich, sumptuous descriptions that immediately transport us to the small Greek village clutching the mountain, to the trans-Atlantic crossing undertaken by two sibling lovers, to the fiery war torn Detroit race riots, to the Stephanides parlour reeking of men, emotion and volatility. We become immersed in the story and the characters, and by doing so we come to understand the total loss and bewilderment that Cal feels as he slowly comes to the realisation that he is “different”.

Cal is a warm, engaging open narrator. He is omniscient, and this again provides Eugenides with an opportunity to showcase his talent. “So I raise one fist (male typically) and begin to beat on the walls of my eggshell until it cracks. Then, slippery as a yolk, I dive headfirst into the world” narrates Cal of his conception. Brilliant!

And even though Cal is aware that his hermaphroditism stems from his grandparents incestuous relationship, there is no bitterness or recrimination. He accepts his family foibles and shortcomings just as he comes to accept his “differences”. Indeed it is this feeling that permeates the book: Eugenides has been able to deftly handle the incest and experimental sex scenes; in his hands they are written with tenderness and love.

I simply did not want this tale to end. Over the course of 400 pages I had come to know and love the Stephanides. I was looking forward to taking the journey with Cal – to find out how she traversed from a confused and frightened 14 year old girl to a tentatively confident 41 year old male. And this is where the story disappoints. We lose the beauty and magic that was evident to this point. We lose the warmth and candour. Instead it feels we are rushed through a somewhat sordid ending.

Despite this Middlesex is a wonderful reading experience – thoroughly engrossing and highly recommended.

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Reviewed in Australia on 6 January 2024

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Bought this froma friend recommenadtion. i am really enjoying it more than i though i would . very quick delivery aswell

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Great book - incredible read

Reviewed in Australia on 6 August 2020

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Couldn't put it down

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Francis J Gomez

One of the Best Books I have read

Reviewed in Australia on 13 April 2014

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Funny, sad, a generational novel that doesn't lose you with too many characters, or too mcuh detail. It challenges the dualism of gender and sex forever.

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Quirky and unique

Reviewed in Australia on 12 April 2014

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Very surprised to Google and see he didn't go through all these trials and tribulations himself - clever, clever, clever!