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About the Author
Jeffrey Eugenides was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex, and The Marriage Plot. The Virgin Suicides received great acclaim, while Middlesex won the Pulitzer Prize, and was 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.
Nishita Sarkar –
From the title itself and the way this book entails so much about religious stuff I was convinced that this would included some sacrificial shit. But no that’s not it.This is a story about how the deaths actually affected the life of people around the Lisbon girls. The fascination that everyone had about the mysterious Lisbon girls leads to their obsession with their lives.This is one of those books which do not give much importance to the plot but to the way it’s written and it’s vocabulary. Great writing and oddly satisfying. And yes you do get to know why they killed themselves which was expected but still shocking.
mansi mudgal –
The Virgin Suicides is a story of five sisters, it’s the story of their life and their demise. Told from the point of view of their neighborhood boys, the Virgin Suicides shines light on the boy’s fantasy of the girls and their obsession. For them, Lisbon girls aren’t human, they are objects of desire, exhibits to look at and understand, the dehumanization is the essence of the story.The Suicides takes the center stage? Why did the girls do it? Don’t go into the book waiting for answers, Jeffery Eugenides doesn’t tell you, instead he weaves a beautiful twisted tale, of the loss of innocence, death of the American suburb and a whole lot of male gaze
Rashmika –
Came in good condition
Amira Kamat –
The book came damaged but otherwise good.
Insiya –
The book is about fleeting carnality and remembrances of voyeurism ? a must read definitely recommend ?
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kunjila mascillamani –
What a novel! Definitely superior to the film, though I like the film as well. The language and the tone are inimitable and just great literature.
Chelsie Gakhar –
amazing! if you’re looking for something to give you chills in a sad way, YES! BUY IT
Saprativ Ray –
Elgee Writes –
The Virgin Suicides could easily have been the story of five sisters Cecilia (13), Lux (14), Bonnie (15), Mary (16) and Therese (17) who succumbed to suicide. Yes, it spoke of possible depression, failure at a suicidal attempt, pretense at normality and everything that I have come to love about the genre. But it has more than just that.The Virgin Suicides is not just about the girls or their suicides. It is more about the boys and their reminiscence of their adolescence infatuation and lust for their young neighbors. I felt that I was one among the boys, even though they are well into their middle ages in the story now – and my feelings towards the boys felt undiluted even during my second and third reads of the book. Their voyeuristic adventures from a tree house or the telephone conversations they had with the girls by playing songs or even the fateful school dance they had accompanied the girls to, may have been part of any coming of age novel, but for the melancholy tone that hangs as the reminder the imminent deaths.I cannot say enough that I loved the writing, especially the unique protagonists. It is one of those books that the story doesn’t matter, as much as the prose. The prose oozes out with pensiveness and poignancy that would stick on to you much longer after you finish reading. The author makes the best use of metaphors and detailed descriptions to paint a vivid picture of the lovesick boys or the fate of the dying town. The Virgin Suicides talks about the loss of the lives of the Lisbon girls, by not talking about them at all. It tells what happens to us after the great loss, after the momentous despair – an abominable lull in whatever life that remains thereafter.The Virgin Suicides is a must-read for anyone who reads for the love of the language and is not afraid to reach out for the dictionary when things get tough.