I’ve doing a lot of rereading for Raronauered, The Novel. I’m looking at Middlesex again to better understand framing devices. But for those who aren’t working on a novel, the passage below is the only reason to read the book once:
Is there anything as incredible as the love story of your own parents? Anything as hard to grasp as the fact that those two over-the-hill players, permanently on the disabled list, were once in the starting lineup?
July 30, 2008 at 12:15 pm |
Oh, it pains me how wrong you are about that book. It’s just so good. I do agree with you about the greatness of that line, however.
November 25, 2008 at 10:18 am |
[...] Jeffrey Eugenides pointed out, it is hard to see my parents—or any parents, really—on the starting line-up of love. But that [...]
January 24, 2009 at 10:04 am |
[...] Middlesex®, Jeffrey Eugenides I liked this book more the second time I read it. I still think the ending is weak, but the characters, writing, story—it’s all the there. I bring up Eugenides with people from Michigan, and they never know him, which is sad because I don’t know any writer with more affection for Oakland County, Michigan. Earlier: I Reread Books So You Don’t Have To Read At All [...]