Middlesex

A Novel

529 sivua, 529 pages

English language

Published 2002 by Picador.

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(6 reviews)

16 editions

2022 #FReadom read 13/20

I just finished Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex, the 13th book in my 2022 #FReadom reading list of books removed or threatened in Texas libraries and schools. I found Cal Stephanides to be a truly scintillating narrative voice for a fascinating story.

Eugenides offers rich, multithreaded explorations of Detroit, Greek-American family life, and other areas near his own experience. And he may lead some readers to reflect on the meaning of sex & gender, despite rooting the story overall in rather binary notions of gender.

But I believe the novel's insights on gender identity and intersex reality would have been deeper & more insightful had Eugenides actually spoken with intersex people when writing the novel. Sadly, he didn't - a disappointing missed opportunity. www.intersexinitiative.org/popculture/middlesex-faq.html

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Subjects

  • Stephanides, Calliope
  • kehitysromaanit
  • psykologiset romaanit
  • sukuromaanit
  • androgynia
  • seksuaalinen identiteetti
  • geenivirheet
  • perinnöllisyys
  • insesti
  • avioliitto sisarukset
  • identiteetti kriisit tytöt
  • pakolaisuus 1920-luku kreikkalaiset Vähä-Aasia
  • murrosikäiset tytöt
  • siirtolaiset kreikkalaiset Detroit
  • amerikankreikkalaiset
  • isovanhemmat
  • pikkukaupungit 1970-luku Grosse Pointe
  • kirjallisuuspalkinnot Pulitzer-palkinto