by Jeffrey Eugenides · Macmillan Usa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780312427733
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«Middlesex» is the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, published by Picador (Macmillan USA) in paperback (544 pages, in English).
Narrated by Cal Stephanides, the novel follows three generations of a Greek-American family, from Asia Minor to Detroit. Cal, raised as Calliope, discovers in adolescence a genetic condition that redefines their identity; the plot interweaves that secret with family history and immigration.
Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and part of the Oprah's Book Club series.
For readers of literary fiction, family sagas, and novels about identity and gender.
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American author. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011). The Virgin Suicides served as the basis of the 1999 film of the same name, while Middlesex received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in addition to being a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and France's Prix Médicis.
