- Vendor: Mia Karts
I the Supreme
Free U.S. shipping on all orders. Free international shipping on orders over $99
All orders are dispatched the next business day!
Competitive Pricing You Can Trust — Quality You Can Rely On.
ISBN: 0525564691
Author: Bastos, Augusto Roa
Condition: New
I the Supreme imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Patio, 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.
Have a question?
I the Supreme