Jeffery Eugenides (The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex)
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Jeffery Eugenides (The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex)
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The story is narrated by a group of middle-aged men who recount the tragedy met by the Lisbon girls, who committed suicide for unknown reason(s). It revolves on different accounts of the Lisbon girls' lives collected and firsthand encounters with them --- from describing their house, strict mother, effeminate father, their smell, how they act, etc. until the girls met their own demise.
Reading it is a combination of boredom, a bit of satiety, and creepiness. Boredom cause it is a collection of accounts from interviews made by the narrators which makes me want to scream "Where the F are you getting at?! *rolls eyes*". Satiety when some words hit me, particularly some part at the beginning and at the end of the book. Creepiness for they are middle-aged men haven't gotten over their obsession with the girls, not to mention the sexual side of it.
I am not sure if their suicide means a cry for help or another sign of ego-centrism but it definitely depicts that something is wrong which needs more attention. What it is, I don't know.
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