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Calliope's friendship with a classmate and her sense of identity are compromised by the adolescent discovery that she is a hermaphrodite, a situation with roots in her grandparent's desperate struggle for survival in the 1920s.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eugenides, Jeffrey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oprah's book club.
Subjects:
Greek Americans > Fiction.
Grosse Pointe (Mich.) > Fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) > Fiction.
Gender identity > Fiction.
Intersexuality > Fiction.
Teenagers > Fiction.
City and town life > Fiction.
Greek World.
Fictional Works [Publication Type]
Michigan.
Domestic fiction.
Gender identity.
Greek Americans.
Intersexuality.
Teenagers.
Michigan > Detroit.
Michigan > Grosse Pointe.
Einwanderer
Geschlechtsumwandlung
Griechische Familie
Identitätsfindung
Zwitter
Suburban life > Fiction.
Fictional Work.
World literature.
Bildungsromans.
Paperback.
Fiction.
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Summary:Calliope's friendship with a classmate and her sense of identity are compromised by the adolescent discovery that she is a hermaphrodite, a situation with roots in her grandparent's desperate struggle for survival in the 1920s.
Physical Description:viii, 529 pages ; 24 cm
Awards:Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2003
ISBN:0374199698
9780374199692
9780312422158
0312422156
9780312427733
0312427735