I the Supreme
Paperback 448 pages English Feb 26, 2019
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I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed to the wall of a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of all of his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed to be a forgery, which takes leader and secretary into a larger discussion about the nature of truth: "In the light of what Your Eminence says, even the truth appears to be a lie." Their conversation broadens into an epic journey of the mind, stretching across the colonial history of their nation, filled with surrealist imagery, labyrinthine turns, and footnotes supplied by a mysterious "compiler." A towering achievement from a foundational author of modern Latin American literature, I the Supreme is a darkly comic, deeply moving meditation on power and its abuse--and on the role of language in making and unmaking whole worlds.
- Author:
- Augusto Roa Bastos
- Publisher:
- Vintage
- Publication Date:
- Feb 26, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 448 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0525564691
- ISBN-13:
- 9780525564690