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Jeffrey Kent Eugenides (born March 8, 1960) is an American author. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011).
Jeffrey Eugenides is an American novelist and short-story writer who has earned acclaim as a gifted storyteller, known for his versatility, compassion, and ability to create vivid worlds. He often explores themes involving coming of age and self-discovery, perhaps most notably in his novel.
Middlesex is a Pulitzer Prize –winning novel by Jeffrey Eugenides published in 2002. The book is a bestseller, with more than four million copies sold since its publication. Its characters and events are loosely based on aspects of Eugenides' life and observations of his Greek heritage.
Spanning eight decades--and one unusually awkward adolescence- Jeffrey Eugenides's long-awaited second novel is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire.
Sep 4, 2002 · Jeffrey Eugenides tells a story of a Greek family’s setting up roots in America, as they struggle to come to terms with the culture shock. Woven into the piece is the foreboding—though unknown to them—of the coming birth of Calliope, who symbolizes all the choices that were made over the decades.
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American author. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011).
Oct 3, 2017 · While they tend towards traditional rather than edgy, the stories in Fresh Complaint will remind readers what they like about Eugenides' writing: His sensitivity and compassion for flawed people.
Jul 17, 2024 · Jeffrey Eugenides was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. His first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was published by FSG to great acclaim in 1993, and he has received numerous awards for his work. In 2003, he received the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Middlesex (FSG, 2002), which was also a finalist for the National Book ...
Jan 29, 2018 · Cressida Leyshon talks with the author Jeffrey Eugenides about “Bronze,” his short story, set in 1978, about a meeting between a college student and an actor on a train.
Jeffrey Eugenides, The Art of Fiction No. 215. Interviewed by James Gibbons. Issue 199, Winter 2011. At the MacDowell Colony in 1994. Born in Detroit in 1960, Jeffrey Eugenides lived through the city’s last glory years as the heart of the American auto industry.
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