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==Summary==
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''Middlesex'' by Jeffrey Eugenides is an adult historical fiction novel, originally published on September 4, 2002.
''Middlesex'' tells the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family, who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City and the race riots of 1967 before moving out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret, and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, ''Middlesex'' is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.
 
  
 
==Trigger Warnings==
 
==Trigger Warnings==
 
*Antisemitism
 
*Antisemitism
*Child Murder
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*Classism
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*Child murder
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*Dementia
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*Discussions of medically altering an intersex person’s genitalia
 
*Drowning
 
*Drowning
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*Drug Use
 
*Fire
 
*Fire
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*Gambling addiction
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*Hate crimes
 
*Homophobia
 
*Homophobia
 
*Incest
 
*Incest
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*Murder
 
*Murder
 
*Mutilation
 
*Mutilation
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*N-word used
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*Non-consensual touching/groping
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*Pedophilia
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*Physical assault
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*Prostitution/Sex work
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*R-word used
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*Racism
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*Rape (in the chapter titled ''Flesh and Blood'') and aftermath (in chapter titled ''The Gun on the Wall'')
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*Riots/Revolution
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*Sexual content (including between minors)
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*Slurs for lesbians used
 
*War
 
*War
  
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An asterisk (*) indicates that the author '''openly identifies''' with that identity.
 
An asterisk (*) indicates that the author '''openly identifies''' with that identity.
  
*Intersex Greek-American Male Identifying MC
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*Intersex Greek American male-identifying straight main character
  
 
==Tropes==
 
==Tropes==

Latest revision as of 14:18, 20 February 2024

Middlesex
Cover of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Author(s) Jeffrey Eugenides
Published September 4th, 2002
Genre(s) Historical Fiction
Age group Adult


Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides is an adult historical fiction novel, originally published on September 4, 2002.

Trigger Warnings

  • Antisemitism
  • Classism
  • Child murder
  • Dementia
  • Discussions of medically altering an intersex person’s genitalia
  • Drowning
  • Drug Use
  • Fire
  • Gambling addiction
  • Hate crimes
  • Homophobia
  • Incest
  • Massacre
  • Masturbation
  • Murder
  • Mutilation
  • N-word used
  • Non-consensual touching/groping
  • Pedophilia
  • Physical assault
  • Prostitution/Sex work
  • R-word used
  • Racism
  • Rape (in the chapter titled Flesh and Blood) and aftermath (in chapter titled The Gun on the Wall)
  • Riots/Revolution
  • Sexual content (including between minors)
  • Slurs for lesbians used
  • War

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Intersex Greek American male-identifying straight main character

Tropes

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