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Iphigenia: (The diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored)

by Teresa De La Parra

A young woman’s return to Caracas

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Winner of the 1994 Harvey L. Johnson Award

    Harvey L. Johnson Award, 1994

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A young woman’s return to Caracas

Set between the freedom of an earlier life in Paris and the strict social decorum of Caracas, Teresa De La Parra’s novel centers on a young woman’s sense of confinement after her father’s death brings her back to her grandmother’s house. The diary form frames her reflections on boredom, humiliation, and the limits placed on her life. The description also introduces two men—a married man she adores and a wealthy fiancé—placing romantic attachment alongside questions of social expectation and women’s independence.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in early twentieth-century Latin American fiction and its social settings.
  • Readers who enjoy novels presented through a diary and focused on a young woman’s inner reflections.
  • Readers exploring themes of social decorum, romantic attachment, and women’s independence.

Themes

Confinement and boredomSocial decorumWomen’s independenceRomantic attachment

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Book overview

Winner, Harvey L. Johnson Award, Southwest Council on Latin American Studies, 1994

"...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 men-the married man she adores and the wealthy fianc

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