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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Fantastic! The bookclub-in-a-box guide is so full of incredible information and insightful knowledge. Our reading group just covered Middlesex using this guide and it was the best discussion we have ever had! I look forward to more guides from this company.
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I have yet to use the guide because I wish to read the book first.
For $20, there is no novel included, at least not in my order that arrived today. I just assumed the novel was included. shame on me.
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WOW! The analysis presented in this book truly added to my appreciation of the novel. What great information!
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All of the characters in the book are wonderfully expressive, with the exception of the adult Cal and his girlfriend, Julie, who seem subdued and mild. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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All of the characters in the book are wonderfully expressive, with the exception of the adult Cal and his girlfriend, Julie, who seem subdued and mild. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Father Mike, Bob Presto, Nation of Islam New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Mark of the Angel: A Novel by Nancy Huston on page 7
- The Waste Land and Other Writings (Modern Library Classics) by T.S. Eliot on page 15
- Herculine Barbin (Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth Century French Hermaphrodite) by Michel Foucault on page 19
- The Waste Land (Norton Critical Editions) by T. S. Eliot on page 15
- The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides in Front Matter
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