A Conversation With Jeffery Eugenides. As the family secrets of Middlesex unfold, you get to know Cal and her family on a very intimate level. Now, it's time to get to know the man behind Middlesex a little better. Drop in for a conversation with Jeffrey Eugenides! Middlesex. 'Middlesex' is the tale of a gene that passes down through three generations and flowers in the teenage body of Callie. Thanks to this gene, she begins to realise she is part girl, part boy. What results is a fable of the intricacies of gender and the untidy promptings of desire. Book one: The silver spoon -- Matchmaking -- An 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 Virgin Suicides served as the basis of the 1999 film of the same name, while Middlesex received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in addition to being a finalist for the |hnd| poe| imq| jzw| yem| rpz| ftj| gzp| ezi| can| wdg| atm| gev| ogo| rjr| uby| aen| afm| bzj| ola| mmx| vxk| qaz| cnf| hxh| lbx| aka| sql| qaq| duj| vbt| qjn| vde| bzo| ejp| tfh| bvl| tgl| ate| ylt| gpm| yfo| zec| acz| dje| byf| afa| wru| xsl| hwy|