I, the Supreme
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I, the Supreme
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I, the Supreme is a historical novel written by exiled Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos. It is a fictionalized account of the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, who was also known as "Dr. Francia." The book's title derives from the fact that Francia referred to himself as "El Supremo" or "the Supreme." The first in a long line of dictators, the Supreme was a severe, calculating despot. The central themes of the novel are power and language and the relati
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1974 book by Augusto Roa Bastos
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_the_Supreme
date created:
2008-02-03T06:48:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T08:11:10Z
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