Virgin Suicides (Picador Modern Classics, 2)

The national bestseller from Jeffrey Eugenides, the Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author of Middlesex and The Marriage Plot

With a New Introduction by Emma Cline

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.

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.

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Published Oct 2, 2018

269 pages

Average rating: 6.7

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Danyell
Aug 28, 2023
4/10 stars
The Bookclub felt Middlesex was a better read. We understand this is his first book published and maybe that’s why we did not like it as much. Some members were confused by the narrator using the word we and then switching it back to first person. Wanted to know more about the mother. The ending lacked luster. The smell, wedding dress, and other symbolism was interesting however questions were left unanswered. One member felt that some of Lux’s antics were unrealistic. Not that great of a read but made great conversation for our Bookclubs meeting.
Vi Del Toro
Jan 28, 2025
9/10 stars
A beautifully written greek tragedy. We can only keep reading in fascinated horror and a deep sadness that rings a little too true.
shoony
Mar 29, 2024
‘Cecilia was the first to go’
trinabean724
Mar 19, 2024
4/10 stars
Reread from 2000… still not for me. I am trying to understand why it was as long as it was.
elliereale
Nov 11, 2023
7/10 stars
a classic

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