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Eugenides

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007524307 ISBN 13: 9780007524303

Verlag: Fourth Estate, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Previously adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola starring Kirsten Dunst, this is the story of the five Lisbon sisters - beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the entire neighbourhood.The boys that once loved them from afar are now grown men, determined to understand a tragedy that has always defied explanation. For still, the question remains - why did all five of the Lisbon girls take their own lives?This hypnotic and unforgettable novel treats adolescent love and death with haunting sensitivity and dark humour, and creates a coming-of-age story unlike any of our time.

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Críticas:

'A Catcher in the Rye for our time' Observer

'Entire and unstoppable ... a sparkling work' The Times

'Wonderfully original' Independent

‘Eugenides is blessed with the storyteller's most magical gift, the ability to transform the mundane into the extraordinary’ New York Times

Biografía del autor:

Jeffrey Eugenides was born in Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. His first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was published in 1993 to great acclaim and he has received numerous awards for his work. In 2003, Eugenides received the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Middlesex, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and France’s Prix Medicis and has sold more than 3 million copies.

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• Verlag: Fourth Estate
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0007524307
• ISBN 13: 9780007524303
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252