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Iphigenia: [The diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored]

Ifigenia

Penned By Teresa de la Parra
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Iphigenia: [The diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored]

Ifigenia

Penned By Teresa de la Parra
4.85 95,295 Ratings
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Editor's Note:
Cuando Teresa de la Parra (Ana Teresa Parra Sanojo, París, 1889 - Madrid, 1936) publicó esta primera y gran novela, Ifigenia, estaba muy lejos de sospechar que esa obra la iba a convertir en la escritora más importante que ha dado al mundo Venezuela, y en una de las autoras más relevantes del pasado siglo en lengua castellana.Ifigenia fue un título puesto in extremis, justo antes de que la novela se publicara. Inicialmente Teresa de la Parra la había titulado Diario de una señorita que escribió porque se fastidiaba. Y ese fastidio, ese aburri­miento era el de una joven educada en París que de regreso a su tierra natal, Venezuela, topa con una sociedad que no le permitía expresar sus ideas ni elegir su destino.La crítica ha señalado en Ifigenia dos niveles, perfec­tamente complementarios: de una parte, ofrece una dura crítica de la sociedad de su tiempo, crítica que la indispuso con el entonces dictador venezolano Juan Vicente Gómez, lo que la llevó a regresar a España, donde había cursado estudios; de otra parte, es un relato intimista, impregnado de humor y de melancolía, que como señaló Arturo Úslar Pietri, sólo podía escribirlo una mujer («Libro mujer: atractivo, oscuro, turbador», escribió Arturo Úslar Pietri en un ensayo). Un relato ágil, lleno de ritmo, plagado de ensoñaciones y anhelos, de decepciones y esperanzas.

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Teresa de la Parra is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Teresa de la Parra can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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