Eugenides, Jeffrey

Middlesex / Jeffrey Eugenides. - London : Fourth Estate, 2013. - x, 529 p. ; 20 cm.

'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 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.

Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003.

9780007528646


Greek Americans--Fiction
Gender identity--Fiction
Intersexuality--Fiction
Teenagers--Fiction


Grosse Pointe (Mich.)--Fiction
Detroit (Mich.)--Fiction

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