{"product_id":"iphigenia-teresa-de-la-parra-9780292715714","title":"Iphigenia: (The Diary of a Young Lady Who Wrote Because She Was Bored)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Harvey L. Johnson Award, Southwest Council on Latin American Studies, 1994\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...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 fiancé she abhors--offer her escape from her prison. Which of these impossible suitors will she choose?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIphigenia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Teresa De La Parra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0292715714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780292715714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.02w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/07\/1994 pg. 84","brand":"Teresa De La Parra","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056731517183,"sku":"9780292715714","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02344dcf-18af-41e7-82af-a145e9dfc342.jpg?v=1685042949","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/iphigenia-teresa-de-la-parra-9780292715714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}