The Virgins

by Pamela Erens

The Virgins is the story of Aviva and Seung's descent into confusion and shame, as re-imagined in richly detailed episodes by their classmate Bruce, a once-embittered voyeur turned repentant narrator. With unflinching honesty and breathtaking prose, Pamela Erens brings a fresh voice to the tradition of the great boarding school novel.

• ISBN10: 1935639625
• ISBN13: 9781935639626
• Publish Date: 6 August 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Tin House Books
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 281
• Language: English

Reviews

[jamiereadthis]

Too fraught and dysfunctional to work for me. Coming of age + unreliable narrator. That can be done well, but here, I was thinking “why does this book need to exist?”