I’m finally getting around
to reading Jeffrey Eugenides’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Middlesex over a decade after it was published. Better late than never I suppose, as this was
one of the best novels I’ve read in a long time.
Yes, this is the story of
Cal/Calliope Stephanides, a hermaphrodite, but it’s also about so much more
than that. It’s a sweeping tale of three generations of the same family,
starting with Calliope’s grandparents, Desdemona and Lefty. They flee their home
to come to America and share a big secret, one that will eventually affect
Cal/Calliope in a big way. Tessie and
Milton are Cal’s parents and love both of their children dearly.
The perfect combination of
warmth, humor, heartbreak and surprise, Middlesex
takes you on a journey with the Stephanides family that you won’t want to see
ever come to an end. It gets my highest rating.
MY RATING - 5
