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"Some people inherit houses; others paintings or highly insured violin bows. Still others get a Japanese tansu or a famous name. I got a recessive gene on my fifth chromosome and some very rare family jewels indeed."
Let me say first that Jeffrey Eugenides is an extraordinary storyteller! Why I’ve waited so long to read one of his books is beyond me.
Middlesex is an epic multi-generational saga of a Greek family with one of the most engaging narrative voices I’ve come across in quite some time. C ...more
Let me say first that Jeffrey Eugenides is an extraordinary storyteller! Why I’ve waited so long to read one of his books is beyond me.
Middlesex is an epic multi-generational saga of a Greek family with one of the most engaging narrative voices I’ve come across in quite some time. C ...more
4**** and a ❤
What a different premise! Cal(liope) Stephanides is a hermaphrodite - but the book is really not so much about Cal as about the history of his immigrant family, told against a background of historical events. The flashbacks are a distraction to some readers (not MY favorite technique). Stil I think it's an extraordinary book and well worth reading. I kept reading passages out loud to my husband.
Some of our book club members really disliked the flashback technique and parallel story ...more
What a different premise! Cal(liope) Stephanides is a hermaphrodite - but the book is really not so much about Cal as about the history of his immigrant family, told against a background of historical events. The flashbacks are a distraction to some readers (not MY favorite technique). Stil I think it's an extraordinary book and well worth reading. I kept reading passages out loud to my husband.
Some of our book club members really disliked the flashback technique and parallel story ...more
Finally, another 5 star read for the year. Well worth the wait! A really great read and listen. I did both, I listened to it on audio and switched occasionally to reading to make sure I was getting the full effect. Fiction audio and I usually don't mix well but the reader of this audio won me over, slowly at first but then I just couldn't get enough. Reading the book kept me in it's grip as well so I completely credit the author for an amazing job. I love the generational stories and the narrato
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Sep 07, 2009
Phair
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I had to quit when I could no longer listen to the graphic violence and continuous woe (and they had hardly gotten out of Turkey!) Too much of a downer for me.
Oct 26, 2010
Kelly
marked it as to-read
Jan 27, 2020
Nancy
marked it as maybe
Jul 18, 2014
Kris (My Novelesque Life)
marked it as to-read
Jan 02, 2025
Taylor
marked it as to-read
Apr 08, 2014
Elsbeth
marked it as to-read
