Monsieur Pain

by Roberto Bolaño

Book Overview

Paris, 1938. The Peruvian poet C 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811217140
• ISBN13: 9780811217149
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"