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The virgin suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0446670251
- ISBN 13
- 9780446670258
- Seller
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Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
This nationally best-selling novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides was adapted into an acclaimed film by Academy Award-winner Sofia Coppola. A haunting yet wickedly funny tale, The Virgin Suicides has captivated countless readers with its intoxicating portrait of lost innocence. A brilliant fusion of dark humor and tragedy, it is an atmospheric, allegorical masterpiece about five oppressed, suicidal sisters and the boys who dream of rescuing them.
Synopsis
The Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers around the suicides of five sisters. The Lisbon girls' suicides fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for the acts. The book's first chapter appeared in Issue No. 117 of The Paris Review (Winter 1990), where it won the 1991 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Janson Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M00061501000000014
- Title
- The virgin suicides
- Author
- Jeffrey Eugenides
- Format/Binding
- Very good
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0446670251
- ISBN 13
- 9780446670258
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
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About the Seller
Janson Books
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Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania
About Janson Books
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