the trees like lungs filling with air

the virgin suicides novel, the virgin suicides still

I'm currently in the midst of reading The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (I'm about three quarters of the way through) and I'm really enjoying this novel. For a while now, I've heard of tons of positive remarks about the novel, and seen many lovely, dreamy stills from the movie version (directed by Sofia Coppola), and for some reason I had never thought to read the novel or watch the film (honestly I don't know what was wrong with me). After finishing The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, I was googling books similar to it since I really liked it, and I came across The Virgin Suicides, and I was reminded that I had not read it ever in my life. So I borrowed it from the library, and after I'm done the novel, I plan to watch the film version. There are so many notable quotes from the novel that I've seen floating around that are really quite beautiful: "Basically what we have here is a dreamer; someone completely out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she could fly." "The trees like lungs filling with air / My sister, the mean one, pulling my hair" "Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl." etc etc.

both by natalie kucken

But something that I found that was really magnificent were these photographs by Natalie Kucken. They have such a pretty, dreamy look to them. The girls reminded me of the Lisbon sisters from The Virgin Suicides, the way they look so out-of-touch with everyone else and in their own world. These two photographs, to me, look almost like they were taken in the same area as the novel cover above - in such a isolated yet enchanting natural place.

I think I'm going to go read - and hopefully finish - the novel now.