Middlesex: A Novel

Posted by on Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Middlesex: A Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides.

I try to try to read all of the big prizewinning novels.  I loved The Virgin Suicides, and decided to hold off on reading this one for a little while until I knew I could savor it.  And savor it I did.  I think, with this one, Eugenides has written a defining boom of an age.  I know that sounds ridiculously grandiose, but the novel is astoundingly good. 

The book is an intricate, beautifully researched and written novel about Greece, Smyrna,  family, war, silk, race, civil rights, Detroit, prohibition, gender, sex, and genetics.   The  scope seems unmanageable, but Eugenides pulls it off with grace and compassion and specificity.  I know I’ll read it again.  I’m tempted to read it again right now. 

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2 Responses to “Middlesex: A Novel”

  1. minnieon 11 May 2008 at 11:24 pm 1

    thanks! once again, i can come to you for book recommendations (my library queue cringes, lol)

  2. kon 12 May 2008 at 5:05 pm 2

    I missed you, and I’m glad you’re back, and I expect pictures of the colors. (Apparently I’m demanding, too.)

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