Jeffrey Eugenides Libri

Calliope, detta Callie, poi Cal, una rara specie di ermafrodito, ha vissuto i primi quattordici anni della sua vita come bambina, senza che nessuno si accorgesse della sua anomalia, fino a quando l'arrivo della pubertà l'ha sottoposta (sottoposto) a inevitabili trasformazioni. E adesso, uomo adulto, vuole scoprire le origini della mutazione genetica responsabile di questa sua "eccentricità biologica", e per farlo ripercorre l'intensa, drammatica e a sua volta alquanto "eccentrica" storia della famiglia Stephanides.

"When it comes to love, there are a million theories to explain it. But when it comes to love stories, things are simpler. A love story can never be about full possession. Love stories depend on disappointment, on unequal births and feuding families, on matrimonial boredom and at least one cold heart. Love stories, nearly without exception, give love a bad name . . . . It is perhaps only in reading a love story (or in writing one) that we can simultaneously partake of the ecstasy and agony of being in love without paying a crippling emotional price. I offer this book, then, as a cure for lovesickness and an antidote to adultery. Read these love stories in the safety of your single bed. Let everybody else suffer."—Jeffrey Eugenides, from the introduction to My Mistress's Sparrow Is Dead All proceeds from My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead will go directly to fund the free youth writing programs offered by 826 Chicago. 826 Chicago is part of the network of seven writing centers across the United States affiliated with 826 National, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

Jeffrey Eugenides evokes the emotions of youth with haunting sensitivity and dark humor and creates a coming-of-age story unlike any of our time.

Ranging from the reproductive antics of Baster to the wry, moving account of a young traveler's search for enlightenment in Air Mail, this collection presents characters in the midst of personal and national crises. We meet a failed poet who, envious of other people's wealth during the real-estate bubble, becomes an embezzler; a clavichordist whose dreams of art collapse under the obligations of marriage and fatherhood; and, in Bronze, a sexually confused college freshman whose encounter with a stranger on a train leads to a revelation about his past and his future.

The first collection of short fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides Jeffrey Eugenides’s bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery, family love, and what it means to be American in our times. The stories in Fresh Complaint explore equally rich­­—and intriguing—territory. Ranging from the bitingly reproductive antics of “Baster” to the dreamy, moving account of a young traveler’s search for enlightenment in “Air Mail” (selected by Annie Proulx for Best American Short Stories), this collection presents characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. We meet a failed poet who, envious of other people’s wealth during the real-estate bubble, becomes an embezzler; a clavichordist whose dreams of art founder under the obligations of marriage and fatherhood; and, in “Fresh Complaint,” a high school student whose wish to escape the strictures of her immigrant family lead her to a drastic decision that upends the life of a middle-aged British physicist. Narratively compelling, beautifully written, and packed with a density of ideas despite their fluid grace, these stories chart the development and maturation of a major American writer.

Virtuos, anrührend und mit großer Menschenkenntnis erzählt der Autor der Weltbestseller «Middlesex» und «Die Liebeshandlung» über Liebe, Hoffnung, Identität und die Angst, am Alltag zu zerbrechen.«Der Epiker Eugenides ist auch ein Artist der Kurzstrecke», lobte der Spiegel. Seine Erzählungen lesen sich wie kondensierte Romane. Es geht um Menschen in Schwierigkeiten. Da ist beispielsweise ein Familienvater, der im Garten sitzt und auf sein Haus schaut, das er nach einem Seitensprung nicht mehr betreten darf. Oder eine junge Frau, die von ihren indischen Eltern verheiratet werden soll, und dem entgehen will, indem sie einen Mann verführt, der nicht weiß, dass sie minderjährig ist und davon aus der Bahn geworfen wird. Oder die 88jährige demenzkranke Della, die das Pflegeheim auf eigene Faust verlässt.

Liebende & Lesende Was uns vor allem an der Liebe berührt, ist ihre Vergänglichkeit. Vom Suchen und Finden, aber auch vom Verlieren der Liebe handeln diese Erzählungen. Ein Jahr lang hat Jeffrey Eugenides sie gelesen, die großen Liebesgeschichten der Weltliteratur. Seine persönlichen Lieblingsgeschichten sind hier versammelt. „Eine der besten Anthologien der letzten Jahre, und zugleich der eindrucksvolle Beweis, dass Eugenides nicht nur ein hervorragender Schriftsteller, sondern auch ein profunder Literaturkenner ist.“ (Kirkus Reviews)