I, the Supreme

About “I, the Supreme”

I, the Supreme is a 1974 historical novel by exiled Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos. It is a fictionalized account of the nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia, known as "Dr. Francia," who called himself "El Supremo." The novel explores themes of power and language and their interrelation. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)