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Fairleigh Dickinson University Press The Prosecutor by Augusto Roa Bastos, Translated with commentary by Helene Carol Weldt-Basson
The Prosecutor is the third novel of a trilogy written by the internationally famous Paraguayan author Augusto Roa Bastos. It was preceded by the novels Son of Man and I The Supreme. Together these three works contemplate what the author has termed "the monotheism of power." The Prosecutor explores the atrocities of the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship in Paraguay, which lasted from 1954 to 1989. Through connections with important Paraguayan historical figures, such as Francisco Solano Lopez, the novel links the protagonist to Paraguay's past as he struggles to give meaning to his life by assassinating the dictator and freeing the Paraguayan people. Combining autobiography, detective fiction, historical novel and philosophy, the novel examines the question of whether one man has the right to judge another. A provocative introduction and comprehensive notes by Helene Carol Weldt-Basson illuminate this translation of one of Roa Bastos's most important works._x000D_ Table of contents : - _x000D_
Acknowledgments_x000D_
Introduction_x000D_
The Prosecutor_x000D_
Bibliography_x000D_
Annotated Bibliography on The Prosecutor_x000D_
About the Author_x000D_
About the Translator/Editor_x000D_