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A dazzling triumph from the bestselling author of The Virgin Suicides -- the astonishing tale of a gene that passes down through three generations of a Greek-American family and flowers in the body of a teenage girl.
In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry blond classmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them - along with Callie's failure to develop - leads Ca...
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Fantastic, moving book
4 juni 2010
| Door: SWelsh
| 20-29 jaar
| Rotterdam
Middlesex is about Calliope and her search for her own identity and who she truly is. Eugenides starts off with the family history starting with Calliopes grandparents, giving a deeper understanding of Calliope's relatives, her upbringing, culture and heritage. By the time Calliope's life is describes, therefore, you cannot help but sympathize and root for a happy ending for her. As with most books that span several generations, certain parts are more interesting and easy to read than others, but patience and perseverance will be rewarded since this book will stay on your mind for months and years after you've read it.
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Great reading
21 augustus 2007
| Gouda
Read in english, it starts slow with part 1 of the book. But after reading part 3, I could not wait to read part 4 of the book. Beautiful how a person is starting to grow and learn his/her true self.
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- Auteur
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Jeffrey Eugenides
- Taal
- Engels
- Oorspronkelijke titel:
- Middlesex
- Afmetingen
- 33x177x111 mm
- Gewicht
- 301 gr
- ISBN10
- 0747564485
- ISBN13
- 9780747564485
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Beschrijving
A dazzling triumph from the bestselling author of The Virgin Suicides -- the astonishing tale of a gene that passes down through three generations of a Greek-American family and flowers in the body of a teenage girl.
In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry blond classmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them - along with Callie's failure to develop - leads Callie to suspect that she is not like other girls. In fact, she is not really a girl at all.
The explanation for this shocking state of affairs takes us out of suburbia - back before the Detroit race riots of 1967, before the rise of the Motor City and Prohibition, to 1922, when the Turks sacked Smyrna and Callie's grandparents fled for their lives. Back to a tiny village in Asia Minor where two lovers, and one rare genetic mutation, set in motion the metamorphosis that will turn Callie into a being both mythical and perfectly real: a hermaphrodite.
Spanning eight decades - and one unusually awkward adolescence - Jeffrey Eugenides's long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. It marks the fulfillment of a huge talent, named one of America's best young novelists by both Granta and The New Yorker.
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Alle reviews (2)
Gemiddelde beoordeling:
Fantastic, moving book
4 juni 2010
| Door: SWelsh
| 20-29 jaar
| Rotterdam
Middlesex is about Calliope and her search for her own identity and who she truly is. Eugenides starts off with the family history starting with Calliopes grandparents, giving a deeper understanding of Calliope's relatives, her upbringing, culture and heritage. By the time Calliope's life is describes, therefore, you cannot help but sympathize and root for a happy ending for her. As with most books that span several generations, certain parts are more interesting and easy to read than others, but patience and perseverance will be rewarded since this book will stay on your mind for months and years after you've read it.
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Great reading
21 augustus 2007
| Gouda
Read in english, it starts slow with part 1 of the book. But after reading part 3, I could not wait to read part 4 of the book. Beautiful how a person is starting to grow and learn his/her true self.
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Great reading
21 augustus 2007
| Gouda
Read in english, it starts slow with part 1 of the book. But after reading part 3, I could not wait to read part 4 of the book. Beautiful how a person is starting to grow and learn his/her true self.
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Great reading
21 augustus 2007
| Gouda
Read in english, it starts slow with part 1 of the book. But after reading part 3, I could not wait to read part 4 of the book. Beautiful how a person is starting to grow and learn his/her true self.
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