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Middlesex
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bookshelves: literary-fiction, historical-fiction
Jun 06, 2020
bookshelves: literary-fiction, historical-fiction
Read 2 times. Last read November 9, 2015 to December 3, 2015.
2015 view:
Winner 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Eugenides incredible way of looking at 'who we are' by recounting three generations of a Greek family that emigrated to the United States, through the eyes of third gender(!) Cal. As ever with Eugenides exceptionally well written, yet accessible - a masterpiece. 9 out of 12
2013 view:
Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - Eugenides epic saga of three generations of an American-Greek family as told by Calliope Stephanides, a young person with a rare genetic condition directly caused by previous generations' behaviour. A grand and expansive drama, that didn't really grab me, as much as such books usually do. All my friends love this book, so I'd still strongly recommend it still. Gotta reread this on eday, but 5 out of 12. 5 out of 12 from me though.
2015 read; 2013 read
Winner 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Eugenides incredible way of looking at 'who we are' by recounting three generations of a Greek family that emigrated to the United States, through the eyes of third gender(!) Cal. As ever with Eugenides exceptionally well written, yet accessible - a masterpiece. 9 out of 12
2013 view:
Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction - Eugenides epic saga of three generations of an American-Greek family as told by Calliope Stephanides, a young person with a rare genetic condition directly caused by previous generations' behaviour. A grand and expansive drama, that didn't really grab me, as much as such books usually do. All my friends love this book, so I'd still strongly recommend it still. Gotta reread this on eday, but 5 out of 12. 5 out of 12 from me though.
2015 read; 2013 read
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Reading Progress
July 28, 2013
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Started Reading
August 10, 2013
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Finished Reading
November 9, 2015
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Started Reading
December 3, 2015
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Finished Reading
June 6, 2020
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June 6, 2020
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literary-fiction
June 6, 2020
– Shelved as:
historical-fiction
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Aug 08, 2022 02:12PM
Great review Baba! I just picked up a copy of this book. Looking forward to reading it 👌🏻💖
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Rebecca wrote: "Great review Baba! I just picked up a copy of this book. Looking forward to reading it 👌🏻💖"Thanks Rebecca... I didn't really 'get it' until I reread it!
Haha I’ll keep that in mind when I get to it. May require multiple reads! 😆💖
Rebecca wrote: "Haha I’ll keep that in mind when I get to it. May require multiple reads! 😆💖"Sometimes it's gotta be done Rebecca :)
Nice review, Baba. I’m one of those who overall liked this story :)
From 5/12 to 9/12! That's a pretty good jump. Glad the reread worked so well for you, Baba. :)
Nika wrote: "Nice review, Baba. I’m one of those who overall liked this story :)"So am I now :) Cheers Nika.
Rosh wrote: "From 5/12 to 9/12! That's a pretty good jump. Glad the reread worked so well for you, Baba. :)"Thanks Rosh, I love when that happens. :)
Glad you did a re-read of this one Baba. It impressed the heck out of me when I read it long ago.
