Middlesex - Collins Modern Classics

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Eugenides is the author of three novels. His first, The Virgin Suicides (1993), is now considered a modern classic. Middlesex (2002) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and both Middlesex and The Marriage Plot (2011) were finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Fresh Complaint, a collection of short stories, was published in 2017. Eugenides is a member both of The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Klappentext Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. So begins the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides and her truly unique family secret, born on the slopes of Mount Olympus and passed on through three generations. Growing up in 70s Michigan, Calliope's special inheritance will turn her into Cal, the narrator of this intersex, inter-generational epic of immigrant life in 20th century America. Middlesex won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Vorwort Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, from the bestselling author of The Virgin Suicides Zusammenfassung Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Eugenides, Eugenides Jeffrey
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.05.2022
• EAN: 9780008553807
• ISBN: 978-0-00-855380-7
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Collins Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, Sagas, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Literary, Michigan, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), FICTION / LGBTQ+ / General, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction