Pamela Erens
Itâ€™s 1979, and Aviva Rossner and Seung Jung are notorious at Auburn Academy. Theyâ€™re an unlikely pair at an elite East Coast boarding school (sheâ€™s Jewish; heâ€™s Korean American) and hardly shy when it comes to their sexuality. Aviva is a formerly bookish girl looking for liberation from an unhappy childhood; Seung is an enthusiastic dabbler in drugs and a covert rebel against his demanding immigrant parents. In the minds of their titillated classmatesâ€”particularly that of Bruce Bennett-Jonesâ€”the couple lives in a realm of pure, indulgent pleasure. But, as is often the case, their fabled relationship is more complicated than it seems: despite their lust and urgency, their virginity remains intact, and as they struggle to understand each other, the relationship spirals into disaster.,The Virgins, is the story of Aviva and Seungâ€™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.
Fiction,Romance,Contemporary,Young Adult,Coming Of Age,Young Adult,Novels,Literary Fiction,Adult,School Stories,Boarding School,Historical,Historical Fiction
The Virgins