The Virgin Suicides

Author: Jeffrey Eugenides

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  • : 9780007524303
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  • : September 2013
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Barcode 9780007524303
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Description

The shocking thing about the girls was how nearly normal they seemed when their mother let them out for the one and only date of their lives. Twenty years on, their enigmatic personalities are embalmed in the memories of the boys who worshipped them and who now recall their shared adolescence- the brassiere draped over a crucifix belonging to the promiscuous Lux; the sisters' breathtaking appearance on the night of the dance; and the sultry, sleepy street across which they watched a family disintegrate and fragile lives disappear.

Reviews

'A Catcher in the Rye for our time' Observer 'Entire and unstoppable ... a sparkling work' The Times 'Wonderfully original' Independent 'Eugenides is blessed with the storyteller's most magical gift, the ability to transform the mundane into the extraordinary' New York Times

Author description

Jeffrey Eugenides was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. His first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was published in 1993 to great acclaim and he has received numerous awards for his work. In 2003, Eugenides received the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Middlesex, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and France's Prix Medicis and has sold more than 3 million copies.