![]() ![]() ![]() When Milton comes of age, he falls in love and marries Tessie Zizmo, his second cousin. Together, they start a family, raising their children Milton and Zoe. ![]() Now living in Detroit, Lefty and Desdemona experience life during the Prohibition era. Fleeing from the burning city and journeying to America towards a better life, Lefty and Desdemona marry aboard the ship guided to America. Lefty and Desdemona are, in fact, siblings, orphaned by the ongoing wars. At the start of the novel, Cal chronicles his grandparents’, Eleutherios (“Lefty”) and Desdemona, life in Smyrna, Greece. Middlesex follows the story of Calliope Stephanides. Middlesex and the Pursuit of Identity Identity is a prominent theme shown in Middlesexįollowing the success of his debut novel, Jeffrey Eugenides wrote Middlesex, a story centered on Calliope Stephanides, chronicling the lives of the three generations of the Stephanides family. ![]()
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