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Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The book is a bestseller , with more than four million copies sold since its publication. Its characters and events are loosely based on aspects of Eugenides' life and observations of his Greek heritage.
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) 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 term originated from Eugenides' college days at Brown University with Rick Moody. When the two found the same girl alluring, they would refer to her as the "Obscure Object". [2] She has been identified as the art historian Evonne Levy, who lives in Toronto, Canada. [5] Jerome is the Obscure Object's brother. He is the first boy with whom ...
Middlesex (2002) by Jeffrey Eugenides is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel narrated by an intersex character who discusses the societal experience of an intersex person. [7] The novel's interrelationship between intersex and incest gave the book a controversial reception from intersex commentators.
The novel grew out of a manuscript that Eugenides began after the publication of his Pulitizer Prize-winning novel, Middlesex. Eugenides has stated that he worked on the novel for about five or six years, and that portions are loosely based on his collegiate and post-collegiate experiences. [ 1 ]
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The Virgin Suicides is a coming-of-age thriller novel and the debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides, published in 1993. The story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on the lives of five doomed sisters, the Lisbon girls.
Intersex people have been portrayed in literature, television and film as monsters, [2] murderers and medical dilemmas. [4] Characters in award-winning literature include Cal Stephanides in the novel Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, [5] Max Walker in the novel Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin [6] and Anjum in the novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy.