Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize-winning family saga spanning three generations—from a Greek village to Detroit’s streets. At its heart: Cal, whose journey of self-discovery reveals a stunning family secret. Middlesex is intimate yet sweeping, the kind of literary page-turner that lingers like salt air long after you’ve finished.
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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 Jeffrey Eugenides’ breathtaking Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, a sweeping family saga that spans three generations and two continents. Follow the Greek-American Stephanides family from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus to the roaring streets of Prohibition-era Detroit, through the city’s glory days as the Motor City and the devastating race riots of 1967, before settling into the tree-lined quiet of suburban Grosse Pointe.
At the heart of this extraordinary story is Calliope Stephanides—Cal—whose journey of self-discovery is unlike any other in contemporary fiction. To understand why Callie is different, she must unearth a guilty family secret and an astonishing genetic history that transforms everything. What emerges is a narrator of remarkable audacity and wonder, whose voice will stay with you long after the final page.
Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Middlesex is both lyrical and thrilling—an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic that explores identity, family, and belonging with stunning grace. Eugenides has crafted something rare: a literary novel that reads like a page-turner, intimate yet expansive, heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful.
This is the kind of book that reminds you why you love to read. Perfect for fans of multigenerational sagas, literary fiction that takes risks, and stories that linger in your heart like salt air.
An ambitious book that is as much a family saga as it is a coming-of-age tale and a meditation on history, identity, and genetics.
A grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire.
Eugenides has written a big, sprawling, generous, warm-hearted, and utterly original novel.
A dazzling, heartbreaking novel about identity and family secrets.
Eugenides writes with great intelligence and feeling...Middlesex is that rare thing: a literary novel that's also a page-turner.
Magnificent...Eugenides has created a novel of extraordinary breadth and depth.
A brilliant novel of vast scope and ambition.
A wonderfully entertaining epic.
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| Dimensions | 5.45 × 0.95 × 8.20 in |
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