The Virgin Suicides

Even then, as teenagers, we tried to put the pieces together. We still can’t. Now whenever we run into each other at lunches or parties… we find ourselves going over the evidence one more time. All to understand those five girls who after all these years, we can’t get out of our minds. Cecilia, the youngest, was 13. And Lux was 14. Bonnie was 15. Mary was 16. And Therese was 17. No one could understand how Mrs. Lisbon and Mr. Lisbon, our math teacher, had produced such beautiful creatures.

'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides (1993) has been my favorite book for so long, I've read it maybe 10 times and everytime I find something new. I can imagine those girls exactly the same way Sofia Coppola imagined them in her film 'The Virgin Suicides' (1999). Even though I've read the book before I watched the movie I can't imagine other girls performing Lux, Therese, Mary, etc. Great movie and better book! And don't forget to listen to the original soundtrack...

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'Las Vírgenes Suicidas' de Jeffrey Eugenides (1993) ha sido mi libro favorito desde hace muchísimo tiempo. Lo habré leído tal vez 10 veces y siempre encuentro algo nuevo. Me puedo imaginar a esas chicas exactamente igual que Sofía Coppola se las imaginó en su película 'Las Vírgenes Suicidas' (1999). Aunque me leí el libro antes de ver la película no me puedo imaginar a ningunas otras actrices haciendo los papeles de Lux, Therese, Mary, etc. ¡Una fantástica película y un libro aún mejor! Y no os perdáis la banda sonora...

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