Gender and Sexuality in two great American novels - CULTURE CRITICS
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Channel: FRANCE 24 English · 2013 · News & Politics
This week Iris Brey will be presenting two great American novels that deal with gender and sexuality. An intersex narrator recounts an epic family saga from Greece to Michigan in "Middlesex" and John Irving shares the story of Billy who discovers his bisexuality at a young age and learns to live with it through his old days. How do artists and writers see the world? France 24 takes you beyond the headlines to the crossroads where culture meets the news and engages with what's happening in our lives today. Monday to Friday. All shows: http://www.france24.com/en/taxonomy/emission/18005 FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 http://www.france24.com
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