{"product_id":"i-the-supreme-paperback","title":"I the Supreme - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAugusto Roa Bastos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI the Supreme\u003c\/i\u003e imagines a dialogue between the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator known as Dr. Francia and Policarpo Pati o, 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003e I the Supreme \u003c\/i\u003eis a darkly comic, deeply moving meditation on power and its abuse--and on the role of language in making and unmaking whole worlds.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugusto Roa Bastos was born in 1917 and is widely considered to be one of Paraguay's greatest novelists. Best known for his novels \u003ci\u003eI the Supreme\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSon of Man\u003c\/i\u003e, he authored many works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and Spain's Cervantes Prize, Roa Bastos spent much of his life outside Paraguay, both as a foreign correspondent and in exile for his opposition to the ruling governments of his country. He died in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 26, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228331327737,"sku":"9780525564690","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VUFlOVBDeDA2RU9vdlpVVUQzQXBQdz09.webp?v=1768290489","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/i-the-supreme-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}