Monsieur Pain
By: Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Chris Andrews.
Contributors: Andrews, Chris, 1962-
Publisher: New Directions Book
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780811217149
Subjects: Vallejo, César, -- 1892-1938 -- Fiction; Mesmerists -- Fiction; Mesmerism -- Fiction; Occultism -- Fiction; Unrequited love -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Monsieur Pain.
Description: Paris, 1938. The Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo is in the hospital, afflicted with an undiagnosed illness, when 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 ...
Notes: Originally published by Anagrama Barcelona Spain, as Monsieur Pain in 1999.