This is a book that is really worth your attention. You are on the verge of immersing yourself in the subtle, sensual and very touching world of the new novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, who gained fame as the author of The Virgin Suicides. Calliope Stefanides, the daughter of Greek immigrants in America, slowly and painfully realizes that she is him. The reason for this shocking transformation is a rare genetic mutation as a result of interkinship, which led to the birth of a hermaphrodite. The novel “The Middle Sex” brought its author a Pulitzer Prize. The life story of a hermaphrodite, sincerely and frankly told in the first person. The story is told against the backdrop of historical, socio-political and social conflicts of the 20th century, which determined the fate of several generations of a Greek family and, as a result, predetermined the life of the main character.