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Iphigenia
Iphigenia | Teresa de la Parra
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"...I didn't want to tell you the truth for anything in the world, because it seemed very humiliating to me..." The truth is that Iphigenia is bored and, more than bored, buried alive in her grandmother's house in Caracas, Venezuela. After the excitement of being a beautiful, unchaperoned young woman in Paris, her father's death has sent her back to a forgotten homeland, where rigid decorum governs. Two menthe married man she adores and the wealthy fianc she abhorsoffer her escape from her prison. Which of these impossible suitors will she choose? Iphigenia was first published in 1924 in Venezuela, where it hit patriarchal society like a bomb. Teresa de la Parra was accused of undermining the morals of young women with this tale of a passionate woman who lacks the money to establish herself in the liberated, bohemian society she craves. Yet readers have kept the novel alive for decades, and this first English translation now introduces its heroine to a wider audience.
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Dilara
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Iphigenia | Teresa de la Parra
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Just finished Iphigenia, & I'm a tiny bit upset, due to spoilery reasons 😂 All I can say is my inner romantic is unhappy, but the ending makes sense & I would have rolled my eyes had it been any different.
There is a definite 1920s/30s flavour to the novel (think Mitford, Cold Comfort Farm, etc.)

Warning for offhand racist, classist, colorist and antisemitic remarks, mainly from the mouths of foolish characters

#FoodandLit
#Venezuela

Dilara Picture is a Hugo Boettinger painting, Public Domain via Wikimedia 8mo
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Iphigenia | Teresa de la Parra
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Happy #WorldBookDay (or 1 of them) / #SantJordi / #DayofBooksandRoses / #SaintGeorgesDay everyone! It is celebrated on this day because it is the anniversary of the death of Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, but as it happens, the author I am reading right now - Teresa de la Parra - also died on April, 23rd.

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Iphigenia | Teresa de la Parra
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I find Maria Eugenia (the Iphigenia of the title) deeply irritating but also lovable. I can't think of many early 20th-c. novels that show the mind of a teenage girl in such detail. She is bright but naive, superficial but thoughtful, bold but shy. And v. volatile. It's clear she is/will be used as a pawn by her family, at the v. least to maintain their status, but v. probably for money too. Impending doom 😬

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@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Dilara picture of a street in the historic center of Caracas, #Venezuela, exactly as described in the book, by Carlos Santos Colorado, via Wikimedia Commons (edited) 8mo
Texreader This is great! I‘m hoping to find this book to read this month 8mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼🇻🇪 8mo
Dilara @Texreader Excellent! I look forward to reading your posts on it 😁 8mo
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Iphigenia | Teresa de la Parra
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My plan for the weekend: make arepas. Unexpectedly, I found the proper flour for them locally 😁Wish me luck for my 1st attempt...
Possibly also start on the tagged novel (a Venezuelan classic), if the book I ordered at the library doesn't turn up.

#Venezuela #FoodandLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader

Bookwormjillk I‘m going to try arepas too. Hopefully next week. 9mo
Texreader So excited for you! I want to find the book and try arepas too! 9mo
Catsandbooks Yay! 👏🏼🇻🇪 9mo
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