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Concerned with themes that are simultaneously disturbing and intriguing, Jeffrey Eugenides caught the attention of readers with 1993's The Virgin Suicides. He garnered the Pulitzer Prize for 2002's Middlesex -- cementing his reputation as an edgy author with an ability to imbue scenes of ordinariness and nostalgia with an otherworldly importance.
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Fact File
| Name:
Jeffrey Eugenides
Current Home:
Berlin, Germany
Date of Birth:
March 8, 1960
Place of Birth:
Detroit, Michigan
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B.A. in English, Brown University, 1983; M.A. in creative writing/English, Stanford University, 1986
Awards:
Whiting Writer's Award, 1993; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1994; Pulitzer Prize for Middlesex, 2003
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Oprah's Pick for Summer '07
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| | Middlesex
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Oprah has selected Eugenides' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel as her latest book club pick. In this weird and wonderful novel spanning eight decades -- and one incredibly awkward adolescence -- the author of The Virgin Suicides delivers a stunningly original multigenerational tale with a genetic twist.
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| | The Virgin Suicides
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Jeffrey Eugenides
This novel tells the story of five sisters who eventually commit suicide in an oppressive suburban Michigan household. Told by a "chorus" of boys in the neighborhood, it evokes the excitement, mystery and pain of adolescence.
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Vladimir Nabokov
We asked Eugenides to tell us about some of his favorite books. "Nabokov said he wanted to put the reader in a state of 'aesthetic bliss,' and Lolita has always done that to me," he reflects. Read our interview to learn more about Eugenides' favorite books, including:
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