Middlesex

Middlesex is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides.

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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