The Virgin Suicides
Novel by Jeffrey Eugenides / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the novel. For the 1999 film, see The Virgin Suicides (film). For the film score, see The Virgin Suicides (score).
The Virgin Suicides is the debut novel by American author Jeffrey Eugenides, published in 1993. The story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on the lives of five doomed sisters, the Lisbon girls. The novel is written in first person plural from the perspective of an anonymous group of teenage boys who struggle to find an explanation for the Lisbons' deaths. The novel's first chapter appeared in The Paris Review in 1990,[1] and won the 1991 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction. The novel was adapted into a 1999 movie by director Sofia Coppola, starring Kirsten Dunst.
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Author | Jeffrey Eugenides |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 1993 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 249 |
ISBN | 0-374-28438-5 |
OCLC | 26806717 |
813/.54 20 | |
LC Class | PS3555.U4 V57 1993 |
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