Bookclub-in-a-box Presents the Discussion Companion for Jeffrey Eugenides' Novel Middlesex
by Marilyn Herbert
Transformation, identity, fate, destiny, crime, and punishment are some of the fascinating themes that are unraveled for readers in the Bookclub-in-a-Box discussion guide for Jeffrey Eugenides' Pulitzer Prize winning novel, Middlesex. The guide looks at the central character Callie, a hermaphrodite, and fits her unusual story against an historic and cultural backdrop which includes Detroit in the 1930's, prohibition, silk-making, myths, legends and Greek tragedy. Bookclub-in-a-Box illustrates how Eugenides takes this heart-wrenching, but not uncommon situation, and presents it with respect, sympathy and dignity. As a reader, they will gain a deeper understanding and insight into the complex layers of this riveting story:
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Bookclub-in-a-box Presents the Discussion Companion for Jeffrey Eugenides' Novel Middlesex is a literary fiction novel by Marilyn Herbert, first published in 2005 by Bookclub in a Box.
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- Literary Fiction
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- 2005
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- Bookclub in a Box
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- English
- ISBN-13
- 9781897082003
- ISBN-10
- 1897082002
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- 1897082002
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