Comments on: Longing and belonging: Life and death in the suburbs http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2006/08/04/longing-and-belonging-life-and-death-in-the-suburbs-2/ Just another Walker Blogs weblog Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:59:27 -0600 walker_blogs hourly 1 By: Sarah Peters http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2006/08/04/longing-and-belonging-life-and-death-in-the-suburbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Sarah Peters Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:46:23 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/?p=392#comment-249 And still causing twisted ankles! Those shoes seem too dangerous to me. But back to the book, I, too, was curious about the way Eugenides hid the location of the story--only throwing us hints about a distant inner city that the characters never visited. And still causing twisted ankles! Those shoes seem too dangerous to me.

But back to the book, I, too, was curious about the way Eugenides hid the location of the story–only throwing us hints about a distant inner city that the characters never visited.

]]> By: Trish http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2006/08/04/longing-and-belonging-life-and-death-in-the-suburbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Trish Tue, 15 Aug 2006 01:11:11 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/?p=392#comment-248 They said that "fad" would never last. Instead platform shoes became a permanent part of fashion -- still available at Bloomies and Saks today. They said that “fad” would never last. Instead platform shoes became a permanent part of fashion — still available at Bloomies and Saks today.

]]> By: Roger Nieboer http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2006/08/04/longing-and-belonging-life-and-death-in-the-suburbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Roger Nieboer Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:11:40 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/?p=392#comment-247 I remember platform shoes all too well. I remember platform shoes all too well.

]]> By: Trish http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2006/08/04/longing-and-belonging-life-and-death-in-the-suburbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Trish Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:25:34 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/?p=392#comment-246 You know, sandals. You know, sandals.

]]> By: Trish http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2006/08/04/longing-and-belonging-life-and-death-in-the-suburbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Trish Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:23:08 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/?p=392#comment-245 Thanks, Roger. Guess I was thrown off by the saddle shoes. (I think I wore platform sandles in the 70s.) Thanks, Roger. Guess I was thrown off by the saddle shoes. (I think I wore platform sandles in the 70s.)

]]> By: Roger Nieboer http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2006/08/04/longing-and-belonging-life-and-death-in-the-suburbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Roger Nieboer Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:12:24 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/?p=392#comment-244 According to the author Jeffery Eugenides, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is set in Grosse Pointe, MI, an upscale suburb about 15 minutes from downtown Detroit. The pop songs referenced in the novel seem to set it in the mid-1970's. According to the author Jeffery Eugenides, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES is set in Grosse Pointe, MI, an upscale suburb about 15 minutes from downtown Detroit. The pop songs referenced in the novel seem to set it in the mid-1970’s.

]]> By: Trish http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/2006/08/04/longing-and-belonging-life-and-death-in-the-suburbs-2/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Trish Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:23:43 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/ecp/?p=392#comment-243 I can't recall why the book is considered to be set in the "suburbs". Perhaps someone can claify this for me. White picket fences, elm trees that reached across the road and touched, saddle shoes -- it never occurred to me that the setting was "the suburbs". I thought it was America in an era gone by -- the 50s? A small town in America in the 1950s? Any thoughts? I can’t recall why the book is considered to be set in the “suburbs”. Perhaps someone can claify this for me. White picket fences, elm trees that reached across the road and touched, saddle shoes — it never occurred to me that the setting was “the suburbs”. I thought it was America in an era gone by — the 50s? A small town in America in the 1950s? Any thoughts?

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