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Ibis (novel)

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Ibis
AuthorJosé María Vargas Vila
LanguageSpanish
Published1900
Publication placeColombia

Ibis is a novel by the Colombian writer José María Vargas Vila, written in Rome in 1900.

It tells the story of Teodoro, a man deeply in love, betrayed by the woman he loves. Under the supervision of the Teacher, he must opt for the murder or suicide of that same woman, giving him a dark side towards women, which the teacher has taken himself to do with Teodoro. Passionate and cruel, misogynist and hedonistic, the work repeatedly attacks the Church and love, in defense of sexual pleasures, reason aesthetics and atheism, thus showing a rustic style of work when treating women.[citation needed]

He was excommunicated by the Catholic Church in 1900 on the publication of his novel Ibis, and received the news with joy.[1]

References

  1. ^ "De Vargas Vila, ni paz en su tumba". 9 October 2010.

The works of José María Vargas Vila have been in the public domain for more than 70 years after the death of the author.