“In the end, it wasn't death that surprised her but the stubbornness of life.”
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The Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The fictional story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on the lives of five sisters, the Lisbon girls. The novel is written in first person plural from the perspective of an anonymous group of teenage boys who struggle to find an explanation for the Lisbons' deaths. The book's first chapter appeared in The Paris Review in 1990, and won the 1991 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction. Eugenides told 3am Magazine: "I think that if my name hadn't been Eugenides, people wouldn't have called the narrator a Greek chorus". The novel was adapted into a 1999 movie by director Sofia Coppola.
“Winter is the season of alcoholism and despair.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides
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“Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides
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“During a warm winter rain… the basins of her collarbones collected water.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides
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“The seeds of death get lost in the mess that God made us.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides
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“We listened to them, but it was clear they'd received too much therapy to know the truth.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides
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“They're just memories now. Time to write them off.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides
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