Girlfriend Contract With America In Middlesex
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Product Details ISBN-80312427733 Pages: 544 Sales rank: 36,479 Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d) Lexile: 830L (what's this?)5 more rows
Middlesex tells the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family, who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City and the race riots of 1967 before moving out to ...
Middlesex is an epic tale of a hermaphrodite bound up with social history. As its author Jeffrey Eugenides explains, it's only autobiographical up to a point...
The novel follows the life of Cal Stephanides, a Greek-American intersex individual, as he grows up in Detroit and eventually comes to terms with their changing identity. Middlesex is a multigenerational family saga that explores themes of gender and sexuality, immigration and assimilation, and the nature of identity.
Narrator and protagonist Cal Stephanides (initially called "Callie") is an intersex man of Greek descent with 5-alpha-reductase deficiency, which causes him to have certain feminine traits.
Middlesex is a novel by Jeffrey Eugenides that tells the story of Calliope Stephanides, a hermaphrodite who grows up in Detroit. The book explores themes of identity, family, and the immigrant experience, as Calliope navigates her unique journey towards self-discovery and acceptance.