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.
ولليلتين بقيتا من شوال سنة إحدى عشرة وأربعمائة فُقد (الحاكم بأمر الله). وقيل أن سبب فقده أخته ست الملك, وكانت امرأة حازمة، وقيل أنها غضبت لأفعاله التي هددت استقرار الخلافة الفاطمية. وقيل بل تآمرت عليه جماعة سرية, حين قرب إليه رجلاً خطيراً يُدعى (الشيخ الأسود), وقيل بل اختفى لأن الله أرسل صاعقة من السماء فوق رأسه أحرقته بعد أن قال بأنه إله, وقيل أن بعض العامة قد تآمروا عليه, وقد انتشر الرعب والفزع في بر مصر كلها بسبب فرسان الظلام الذي أتى بهم ليحكموا ليل القاهرة.
The coffin of Noukhaza:
A small, dilapidated village, in which houses are wrapped around each other, compact as if they were one part. Its houses are made of mud, an indication of the poverty of this village.
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