![]() ![]() ![]() It’s simple backstory on the surface of things. Other books have ventured down similar roads. Only in the final chapter does Cal, the narrator, hear from her grandmother the deathbed confession of incest that gave Cal the license to investigate every detail of her ancestry in order to tell the story of her hermaphroditic existence. ![]() A third of the book is devoted to the immigration of her grandparents and all the historical factors that came into play. The book wrestles with one fundamental question of its protagonist Cal Stephanides: how did I become a hermaphrodite? The question can only be answered in the character’s ancestry. With all that has been written about Middlesex and all its praise, allow me to instead focus on this singular point of genius in its authorship. What I did not see coming was the transformative narrative voice that made the read so unforgettable. In googling the book pre-read, I expected to read most for the mythical references and the radical gender-bending narrative - it is told through the eyes of a hermaphrodite. A screenshot of the Audible version of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.Ī friend of mine who teaches High School English recommended this book. ![]()
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