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THE VIRGIN SUICIDES.
by Eugenides, Jeffrey
- Used
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374284385
- ISBN 13
- 9780374284381
- Seller
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About This Item
NY: FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX.. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374284385 . First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Light trace of clear damp-staining at base of half dozen pages in text. Not messy. Hint of faint foxing at top edge. ) Author's SECOND book. Basis for a well received film adaptation. .
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.
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- Bookseller
- Waverley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 312573
- Title
- THE VIRGIN SUICIDES.
- Author
- Eugenides, Jeffrey
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374284385
- ISBN 13
- 9780374284381
- Publisher
- FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- 0374284385, Modern Fiction/jeffrey Eugenides/books Into Films/221
- Bookseller catalogs
- List207;
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