The a novel Eugenides, Jeffrey creator author. text Bildungsromans. nyu 2015 First Picador Modern Classics edition. First edition. monographic eng

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355 pages ; 15 cm. "The national bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Middlesex and The Marriage Plot 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. For more than twenty years, Picador has been producing beautifully packaged literary fiction and nonfiction books from Manhattan's Flatiron Building. Our Twentieth Anniversary Modern Classics line pairs iconic books with a design that's both small enough to fit in your pocket and unique enough to stand out on your bookshelf. "-- "The Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The fictional story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on one year reflecting upon the brief lives of five doomed sisters. The Lisbon girls fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for their tragic acts"-- Jeffrey Eugenides. n-us-mi Teenagers Suicidal behavior Fiction Suburban life Michigan Fiction Teenagers Michigan Fiction Teenage girls Fiction Sisters Fiction FICTION / Literary FICTION / Coming of Age PS 3555 .U4V57 2015 813/.54 FIC019000 FIC043000 9781250074812 (hardcover) 2015022405 http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/812/9781250074812/image/lgcover.9781250074812.jpg http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/812/9781250074812/image/lgcover.9781250074812.jpg DLC 150615 20220422131819.0 18659636 eng