The events of this novel take place in an apartment, and this apartment is located on the third floor of a large building, and this large building is located in a poor and afflicted popular neighborhood. This poor and afflicted popular neighborhood can be found in many places in the world. It is not permissible in any way to associate it with a place. A specific, and a specific time.. and therefore it is necessary to note.
The Supreme, as an eternal dictator, wants the only voice heard in his country to be his own, and for all his subjects to follow the path he has set, because he is certain that this is their destiny. But what will happen when he wakes up one day and finds a leaflet posted on the door of the cathedral, written in the form of a decree issued by the dictator himself, instructing the people to hang his head after his death on a pike in the public square, and calling for the killing of all his aides? Will the Almighty succeed in finding out who wrote this post and punishing him?
In this novel, Augusto Roa Bastos gives free rein to the character of José Gaspar de Francia, who ruled Paraguay with an iron fist for nearly three decades, to narrate and dictate, ask and answer, tell stories and incidents, and judge situations and people, in a frenetic narration and a genius, competent construction. This novel is among the 100 most prominent works of literature written in Spanish.
العظماء ليس شرطاً أن يكونوا ممن رست سفن التاريخ على موانئ حياتهم ذات يوم .. بل إنني أعتقد جازمة بأن كل إنسان حارب اليأس والفشل وسجل أسطورة نجاحه بكل إرادة وتصميم
