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The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
ISBN: 0374284385
ISBN-13: 9780374284381
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
An obsessive homage that begins as a detective story and ends without a solution. In a prosperous Detroit suburb during the early 1970s, all five daughters of the Lisbon family commit suicide in a succession of acts that stuns their friends as much by its incomprehensibility as its violence. One of the boys who grew up with the sisters attempts, 20 years after the fact, to uncover whatever secret motivated the girls and, through his search, provides the narrative that makes up most of the tale. It turns out that most of the boys in the neighborhood were in love with one or another of the sisters to some degree, and the pain that they feel over their deaths, years after the fact, becomes the dominant theme of the story.
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"A hypnotic storyteller...a beautiful, funny, and touching novel....Jeffrey Eugenides has created a mythology out of the ostensibly common materials of middle-class, middle-American life...purveying a kind of domestic magic realism which is all his own." -- Jay McInerny
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published date: 1993
Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Publisher's Notes
The narrators and his friends piece together the events that led up to suicides of the Lisbon girls--brainy Therese, fastidious Mary, ascetic Bonnie, libertine Lux, and saintly Cecilia. A first novel.
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The Virgin Suicides
Eugenides, Jeffrey
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993 Book has prev. owner's stamp ("This book is from the private library of...") on front free-endpaper, edgewear to head, light soiling, binding error with rear board slightly wider than front, & minor shelfwear, dj has bumped head & minor shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Crooked Tree Books (United States)
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N.Y.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. Small name on endpaper.. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. ( more information) Offered by Anne Joseph, Books (United States)
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993 stated 1st. Author's 1st book. Edges lightly foxed, but not onto pages, contents clean and tight. Binding w/ 2 sm indentations at bottom edge of front board rar corners bumped. Dust jacket. Stated 1st. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by The Book Haven (United States)
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The Virgin Suicides
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Front endpaper has small tear from price sticker removal; top edge has smudge near spine. First novel by the 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Middlesex". The tragic deaths of five teenaged sisters are examined twenty years later by a narrator and his friends who were obsessed with the girls as teenagers. ( more information) Offered by Books Music Videos 4 U (United States)
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The Virgin Suicides
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. 1st Edition (Stated). Hardcover. 0374284385 . First Edition (1993), stated on the copyright page; Hardcover; FINE black-stamped white cloth spine over orange/brown paper-covered boards in a FINE unclipped dust jacket, with original $18.00 price to the front flap; very minor shelf stress/ dust soiling to edges and extrems; corners very lightly bumped; else a very clean and tight copy; dust jacket has very minor edge stress, with extremely light rubbing to the DJ panels and spine; else a very clean, bright and crisp dust jacket; a very nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 249 pages . ( more information) Offered by Book Alley (United States)
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The Virgin Suicides
Eugenides, Jeffrey
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993 His 1st book Filmed. One corner lightly bumped, else fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by Dale Steffey Books (United States)
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The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1993. 1993 FS & G FIRST edition of Eugenides FIRST novel. This book is in VGH+/VG+ condition. The HB is very clean and unmarked and has only a bit of fading along the spine. The DJ is not price clipped. The only wear is a tiny bit of wear at the spine ends. A nearly FINE first! **Brenbooks sepcializes in first edition books made into films.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Brenbooks (United States)
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The Virgin Suicides
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New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1993. Hardcover with dustjacket. 12mo. First edition. Book is in VG+ condition, with lightly bumped corners and rubbed edges. Top and bottom edges of spine are browned. Jacket is in VG+ condition, with lightly rubbed edges and corners and one tiny tear on top edge. The basis for the film. By the author of the Puiitzer Prize-winning novel "Middlesex." 249 pp. ISBN 0-374-28438-5 ( more information) Offered by Warwick Books (United States)
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Eugenides, Jeffrey
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux. 1993. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 249 pgs., tight, crisp and clean, new-looking copy, author's first book ( more information) Offered by Book Crazy (United States)
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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
Eugenides, Jeffrey
Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993. Author's First Novel. A hard to find book. A haunting, tender, and wickedly funny tale of love and terror, memory and imagination, sex and suicide.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Marietta Books (United States)
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The Virgin Suicides
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, 1993. Dust jacket protected by Brodart protective cover.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine. ( more information) Offered by Ash Grove Heirloom Books (United States)
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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES [ 1st ]
EUGENIDES, Jeffrey
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. First novel by the prize winning author. Good Fine in a Good dust jacket. Hinge has wear, 1 inch tear to top front panel. Edge wear First Edition stated.. First Edition First Printing. ( more information) Offered by Rare Book Cellar (United States)
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Eugenides, Jeffrey
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1993. A few very tiny indents on lower edges of boards. DJ in plastic cover. Author's first novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition, 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by acornbooks northwest (United States)
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