I The Supreme - AugustRoa Bastos
pdf | 4.13 MB | English | Author :AugustRoa Bastos | 978-0525564690 | 2019 | Vintage; 2 edition

Book Description :

I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictatoknown as Dr. Francia and PolicarpPatiño, his secretary and only companion. The opening pages present a sign that they had found nailed tthe walof a cathedral, purportedly written by Dr. Francia himself and ordering the execution of alof his servants upon his death. This sign is quickly revealed tbe a forgery, which takes leadeand secretary inta largediscussion about the nature of truth: "In the light of what YouEminence says, even the truth appears tbe a lie."

Theiconversation broadens intan epijourney of the mind, stretching across the coloniahistory of theination, filled with surrealist imagery, labyrinthine turns, and footnotes supplied by a mysterious "compiler." A towering achievement froa foundationaauthoof modern Latin American literature,  I the Supreme is a darkly comic, deeply moving meditation on poweand its abuse-and on the role of language in making and unmaking whole worlds.

Category : | PoliticaFiction, HispaniAmerican Literature & Fiction, Fiction Satire