by Jeffrey Eugenides · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497870009
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«Middlesex» is the contemporary fiction novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (592 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Cal Stephanides, who spent his early years as Calliope, a girl in 1970s Michigan. The arrival of puberty triggers a transformation that leads him, as an adult, to reconstruct the story of his Greek family to understand his genetic mutation, in a narrative that spans decades and generations.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, this edition includes the translation by Albert Torrescasana Flotats and belongs to the Anagrama/Empúries collection.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction and book clubs interested in stories about identity, gender, and family.
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.
