Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Virgin Suicides
by Eugenides, Jeffrey
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374284385
- ISBN 13
- 9780374284381
- Seller
-
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 249pp. Orange paper hardcover with cream spine, minor bumping. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Y12 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1993.
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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Voyageur Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001018
- Title
- The Virgin Suicides
- Author
- Eugenides, Jeffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0374284385
- ISBN 13
- 9780374284381
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
Terms of Sale
Voyageur Book Shop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Voyageur Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
About Voyageur Book Shop
Voyageur Book Shop is a used book store tucked in the north end of Bay View, Milwaukee, and we are very happy to be there.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...