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.
Corona ones:
Three and a half years between recording the first case in the country and announcing the end of the pandemic.
In #Corona_Ones, you will read about the events that Aisha went through from the beginning of the Corona pandemic in 2020 until the danger receded in 2022, and her life, which was surrounded by ban and home quarantine measures, and put her in a psychological war with the circumstances and changes that she had to face in order to coexist with the pandemic. Between studies, marriage, family relationships, ambitions, dreams and frustrations, the novel “Corona Ones” revolves around.