Middlesex: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, from the bestselling author of The Virgin Suicides (English Edition)

'I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974.' 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. EA N: 9780007528646 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 20.06.2013 Autoren: Eugenides, Jeffrey Themenüberschrift: FICTION / Cultural Heritage Keyword: The Corrections; Genetic Mutation; Greek History; Bling Ring; Family Epic; American Dream; Detroit Race Riots; Transsexual; Calliope Stephanides; Immigrant; Roaring Twenties; Hermaphrodite; American History Fachschema: Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Michigan / Roman, Erzählung~Michigan Interesse Alter: Bezug zu ethnischen Gruppen & Minderheiten Imprint-Titels: Fourth Estate Länge: 198 mm Breite: 129 mm Höhe: 38 mm