''Ibis'' is a novel by the Colombian writer

José María Vargas Vila José María de la Concepción Apolinar Vargas Vila Bonilla (June 23, 1860 – May 23, 1933), commonly referred to as José María Vargas Vila, was a Colombian writer and public intellectual. Vargas Vila was an autodidact, who, from an earl ...

, 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 Misogyny () is hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women. It is a form of sexism that is used to keep women at a lower social status than men, thus maintaining the societal roles of patriarchy. Misogyny has been widely practiced f ...

and

hedonistic Hedonism refers to a family of theories, all of which have in common that pleasure plays a central role in them. ''Psychological'' or ''motivational hedonism'' claims that human behavior is determined by desires to increase pleasure and to decre ...

, the work repeatedly attacks the Church and love, in defense of sexual pleasures, reason aesthetics and

atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

, thus showing a rustic style of work when treating women. He was excommunicated by the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

in 1900 on the publication of his novel ''Ibis'', and received the news with joy.

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The works of José María Vargas Vila have been in the public domain for more than 70 years after the death of the author.
''Ibis'' – Version in PDF
1900 novels 19th-century Colombian novels Novels by José María Vargas Vila