Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307401944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Spanning eight decades and chronicling the wild ride of a Greek-American family through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century, Jeffrey Eugenides’ witty, exuberant novel on one level tells a traditional story about three generations of a fantastic, absurd, lovable immigrant family -- blessed and cursed with generous doses of tragedy and high comedy. But there’s a provocative twist. Cal, the narrator -- also Callie -- is a hermaphrodite. And the explanation for this takes us spooling back in time, through a breathtaking review of the twentieth century, to 1922, when the Turks sacked Smyrna and Callie’s grandparents fled for their lives. Back to a tiny village in Asia Minor where two lovers, and one rare genetic mutation, set our narrator’s life in motion. Middlesex is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. It’s a brilliant exploration of divided people, divided families, divided cities and nations -- the connected halves that make up ourselves and our world.
Middlesex
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307401944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Spanning eight decades and chronicling the wild ride of a Greek-American family through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century, Jeffrey Eugenides’ witty, exuberant novel on one level tells a traditional story about three generations of a fantastic, absurd, lovable immigrant family -- blessed and cursed with generous doses of tragedy and high comedy. But there’s a provocative twist. Cal, the narrator -- also Callie -- is a hermaphrodite. And the explanation for this takes us spooling back in time, through a breathtaking review of the twentieth century, to 1922, when the Turks sacked Smyrna and Callie’s grandparents fled for their lives. Back to a tiny village in Asia Minor where two lovers, and one rare genetic mutation, set our narrator’s life in motion. Middlesex is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. It’s a brilliant exploration of divided people, divided families, divided cities and nations -- the connected halves that make up ourselves and our world.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307401944
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Spanning eight decades and chronicling the wild ride of a Greek-American family through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century, Jeffrey Eugenides’ witty, exuberant novel on one level tells a traditional story about three generations of a fantastic, absurd, lovable immigrant family -- blessed and cursed with generous doses of tragedy and high comedy. But there’s a provocative twist. Cal, the narrator -- also Callie -- is a hermaphrodite. And the explanation for this takes us spooling back in time, through a breathtaking review of the twentieth century, to 1922, when the Turks sacked Smyrna and Callie’s grandparents fled for their lives. Back to a tiny village in Asia Minor where two lovers, and one rare genetic mutation, set our narrator’s life in motion. Middlesex is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. It’s a brilliant exploration of divided people, divided families, divided cities and nations -- the connected halves that make up ourselves and our world.
The Place-names of Berkshire
Author: Margaret Gelling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berkshire
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Berkshire
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
English Place-Name Society: The place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire
The Place-names of Dorset
Author: Anthony David Mills
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dorset (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dorset (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways
Author: Chicago and North Western Railway Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
English Place-Name Society
Author: English Place-Name Society
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Place-names of Buckinghamshire
Author: Allen Mawer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buckinghamshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buckinghamshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire
Author: Albert Hugh Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
Author: Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
The Place-names of West Riding of Yorkshire
Author: Albert Hugh Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description