Calliope Stephanides should be your typical American girl growing up in 1960s. Her father, a successful business owner, and son of Greek immigrants, is determined that his children will have nothing but a picture perfect upbringing. When the race riots destroy his diner, he moves the family to the s...
Back in the era of the paper book (before people started furtively reading Fifty Shades of Grey and Mein Kampf* on their tablets and whatnot) there were certain books that you'd see everywhere; bedside tables, in this hands of fellow commuters, and staking out beach-chair territory. Even in the di...
I enjoyed this book a lot. It made me think about many different gender and sexual issues, to reflect on my own perceptions, and this is a sign of a good book. I quibble with a couple of things with the book - particularly the notion that Cal's intersexual identity was tied to his grandparents' ince...
I'll be honest, I really don't have a lot to say about Jeffrey Eugenides' MIDDLESEX other than it's fantastic. It's an amazing family saga that explains how the narrator went from being "Calliope" to "Cal." It's a family saga about forbidden love and the possible consequences that can come afterward...
I listened to the audio version of this book in 2003 or 04 before my Goodreads.com days. I remember being surprised how interesting and well written the story was in spite of my squeamishness regarding the subject of sexual ambiguity. The following review is from PageADay's Book Lover's Calendar for...
I loved this novel. I picked up this fat tome with some trepidation, hearing it was inspired by a memoir discovered and promoted by Foucault by and about a hermaphrodite. I pictured some post-modern turgid avant-garde mess--like Delillo's Underworld, which had been on the same recommendation list. I...
This has an impressive number of high star ratings from my friends. My book club's pick for July, looking forward to it.--------------------I think I have some things to say about this book. Not sure on star rating yet, I'll get back to you.--------------------Sat on it for a few days, I'll give it ...
This Pulitzer prize winning work spans three generations beginning in a tiny village in Greece. It is the story of a Greek-American family, immigrants fleeing their country in the midst of war desparate for a better life. Narrated by Calliope, the third generation and the central character in the bo...
What is Middlesex? According to my dictionary, Middlesex is a county in England. After reading the first page, I decided that Middlesex refers to the sex of the protagonist, hermaphrodite Cal/Calliope. After having read half the book, I found the third interpretation: Calliope spent her childhood in...
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