by Jeffrey Eugenides · Fourth Estate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007528646
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«Middlesex» is the literary fiction novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, published by Fourth Estate in paperback (544 pages, in English).
The narrative follows Calliope Stephanides, whose peculiar genetic inheritance, originating on Mount Olympus, shapes her life in 1960s and 1970s Detroit until she becomes Cal. It weaves together the saga of a Greek immigrant family in the United States with the discovery of self-identity and the secret that links several generations.
The work won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2003 and also received the Ambassador Book Award. This English edition was published on 20 June 2013.
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.
