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I the Supreme
Taschenbuch von Augustos Roa Resfr Bastos
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Ãœber den Autor
Augusto Roa Bastos was born in 1917 and is widely considered to be one of Paraguay’s greatest novelists. Best known for his novels I the Supreme and Son of Man, 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.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 448
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780525564690
ISBN-10: 0525564691
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bastos, Augustos Roa Resfr
Hersteller: Random House USA Inc
Maße: 227 x 157 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Augustos Roa Resfr Bastos
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.02.2019
Gewicht: 0,443 kg
preigu-id: 114150234
Ãœber den Autor
Augusto Roa Bastos was born in 1917 and is widely considered to be one of Paraguay’s greatest novelists. Best known for his novels I the Supreme and Son of Man, 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.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 448
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780525564690
ISBN-10: 0525564691
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Bastos, Augustos Roa Resfr
Hersteller: Random House USA Inc
Maße: 227 x 157 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Augustos Roa Resfr Bastos
Erscheinungsdatum: 26.02.2019
Gewicht: 0,443 kg
preigu-id: 114150234
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