Monsieur Pain

Monsieur Pain
- Used Book in Good Condition
Occult sciences, CÃ©sar Vallejo, WWII, hopeless love, and a final â€œEpilogue for Voicesâ€: Monsieur Pain is a hallucinatory masterwork by the great Roberto Bolano.
Paris, 1938. The Peruvian poet CÃ©sar Vallejo is in the hospital, afflicted with an undiagnosed illness, and unable to stop hiccuping. His wife calls on an acquaintance of her friend Madame Reynaud: the Mesmerist Pierre Pain. Pain, a timid bachelor, is in love with the widow Reynaud, and agrees to help. But two mysterious Spanish men follow Pain and bribe him not to treat Vallejo, and Pain takes the money. Ravaged by guilt and anxiety, however, he does not intend to abandon his new patient, but then Painâ€™s access to the hospital is barred and Madame Reynaud leaves Parisâ€¦. Another practioner of the occult sciences enters the story (working for Franco, using his Mesmeric expertise to interrogate prisoners)â€•as do Mme. Curie, tarot cards, an assassination, and nightmares. Meanwhile, Monsieur Pain, haunted and guilty, wanders the crepuscular, rainy streets of Paris...
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2010-01-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811217149

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