by Jeffrey Eugenides · Editorial Anagrama · tapa dura · ISBN 9788433906632
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The Virgin Suicides is a novel by American author Jeffrey Eugenides, published in 1993. The story is set in a Michigan suburb in the 1970s and tells the story of the five Lisbon sisters and the impact they have on the community after one of them attempts suicide. The novel is narrated from the point of view of a group of neighborhood boys who are obsessed with the Lisbon sisters and try to unravel the mystery of their seclusion and eventual collective suicide. The novel explores themes such as adolescence, isolation, sexuality, and death.
Jeffrey Kent Eugenides is an American author. He has written numerous short stories and essays, as well as three novels: The Virgin Suicides (1993), Middlesex (2002), and The Marriage Plot (2011). The Virgin Suicides served as the basis of the 1999 film of the same name, while Middlesex received the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in addition to being a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International Dublin Literary Award, and France's Prix Médicis.
