Middlesex

Middlesex is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Fast Facts

1. Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
2. Genre: Fiction
3. Publication Date: October 7, 2002
4. Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
5. Pages: 529
6. ISBN 0-374-19969-8
7. Awards/Distinctions: Pulitzer Prize and Oprah's Book Club selection
8. Cover art: William Webb

Plot Synopsis

Middlesex is a novel about the coming-of-age of Calliope Stephanides, an intersexed Greek-American in Detroit, Michigan. The story is narrated by the adult version of Stephanides and recounts the part of his life he spent as a girl and his journey to discover his real self.

Critical Reception

• "A wonderfully rich, ambitious novel -- it deserves to be a huge success." -New York Magazine

• "Sweeps the reader along with easy grace and charm, concealing . . . the ache of earned wisdom beneath bushels of inventive storytelling" -The New York Observer

• "A tenderly rendered and often hilariously bizarre saga." -Edmonton Journal

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