by JeffreyEugenides (Author)
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07 Oct 2002
ISBN 10: 0747560595
ISBN 13: 9780747560593
Book Overview: Jeffrey Eugenides classic debut novel and now a major film, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is the haunting, humorous and tender story of the brief lives of the five entrancing Lisbon sisters. Originally published by Bloomsbury and now available from us in paperback for the first time, alongside his fantastic new novel MIDDLESEX. 'Jeffrey Eugenides is not promising: he is the real, achieved thing ... the book is light as air, and also quietly, slyly funny ... one of the finest novels in many years - a CATCHER IN THE RYE for our time' OBSERVER
Mr. Eugenides is blessed with the storyteller's most magical gift, the ability to transform the mundane into the extraordinary. -- The New York Times Book Review
Arresting . . . uncannily evokes the wry voice of adolescence and a mixture of curiosity, lust, tenderness, morbidity, cynicism, and the naivete surrounding these bizarre events. -- The Wall Street Journal
A piercing first novel . . . lyrical and portentous. -- The New York Times
Mr. Eugenides is blessed with the storyteller's most magical gift, the ability to transform the mundane into the extraordinary. -- The New York Times Book Review
Arresting . . . uncannily evokes the wry voice of adolescence and a mixture of curiosity, lust, tenderness, morbidity, cynicism, and the naivete surrounding these bizarre events. -- The Wall Street Journal
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