I'm almost to the middle (no pun intended) and am thoroughly enjoying the reading. I haven't read "The Virgin Suicides" by the same author. Have any here read either or both? Did you enjoy? "Middlesex" is a genuine feast for me. I would have to say that for genuine story-telling, this book is up there for me with "Cold Mountain" and "Accordion Crimes".
The first half was amazing....the immigrant family, early days in Detroit..But when the narrator comes of age, it lost me and the magic was gone. I felt like I had read two different books by two different authors...
esp. when the main character was, indeed, 2 different persons. perhaps that is what the author intended, but it didn't hit me that way. this author is one amazing storyteller.
It was (wrongly) attacked when it came out for being misogynistic--but only by people who think men shouldn't be allowed to write about women. Great book. Eugenides is a very funny guy in person, too.
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