First published in 1993, The Virgin Suicides announced the arrival of a major new American novelist. In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters—beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys—commit suicide one by one over the course of a single year. As the boys observe them from afar, transfixed, they piece together the mystery of the family’s fatal melancholy, in this hypnotic and unforgettable novel of adolescent love, disquiet, and death. Jeffrey Eugenides evokes the emotions of youth with haunting sensitivity and dark humor and creates a coming-of-age story unlike any of our time. Adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides is a modern classic, a lyrical and timeless tale of sex and suicide that transforms and mythologizes suburban middle-American life.
Product details
Publisher : Vintage Canada (Sept. 20 2011)
Language : English
Paperback : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 0307401928
ISBN-13 : 978-0307401922
Item weight : 272 g
Dimensions : 13.97 x 1.78 x 20.83 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #6,801 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#263 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books)
#435 in Family Life
#941 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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