Monsieur Pain

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Monsieur Pain is a novella by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño that blends historical fiction and surreal mystery around a mesmerist in 1930s Paris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novella ⓘ
associatedWith César Vallejo ⓘ
French history ⓘ
Spanish-language literature ⓘ
author Roberto Bolaño ⓘ
containsElement dreamlike sequences ⓘ
historical references ⓘ
political undercurrents ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Chile ⓘ
fictionalUniverse 20th-century Europe ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
surreal fiction ⓘ
hasAtmosphere claustrophobic ⓘ
noir-like ⓘ
hasCharacter César Vallejo ⓘ
Pierre Pain ⓘ
hasConflictType man vs. society ⓘ
man vs. unknown ⓘ
hasMotiveForProtagonist desire to help a suffering poet ⓘ
hasTheme bureaucracy ⓘ
death ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
political tension ⓘ
powerlessness ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
the occult ⓘ
hasTitleLanguage French ⓘ
hasTone enigmatic ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
surreal ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Pierre Pain ⓘ
narrativeStyle first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor blend of historical fiction and surreal mystery ⓘ
depiction of a mesmerist in Paris ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Spanish ⓘ
placeInAuthorOeuvre early work of Roberto Bolaño ⓘ
plotElement attempt to treat a dying poet with mesmerism ⓘ
mysterious interference by strangers ⓘ
protagonistOccupation mesmerist ⓘ
settingLocation Paris ⓘ
settingTimePeriod 1930s ⓘ
workType short novel ⓘ

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Roberto Bolaño → notableWork → Monsieur Pain ⓘ