September 30, 2002
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Cal
References:
- On the author of The Virgin Suicides:
“Eugenides’ [strength] is his prodigious grasp of history and ancestry as limitless fields that surround us and through which we travel, both forward and backward, toward our unknown destination.”
– Review of Middlesex
- On stories and life:
“The story of Cal… the narrator and protagonist of Middlesex, suggests that while facts can tell us a great deal about life, they are never quite sufficient to the task.”
– Review of Middlesex
- On the film “East of Eden”:
“East of Eden was in need of a Cal, and Elia Kazan, the director, found Cal in James Dean.”
– The Life of James Dean
- On the author of The Virgin Suicides:
