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 NERFINISHED
French history
Spanish-language literature
author Roberto Bolaño NERFINISHED
containsElement dreamlike sequences
historical references
political undercurrents
countryOfOrigin Chile NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse 20th-century Europe
genre historical fiction
mystery fiction
surreal fiction
hasAtmosphere claustrophobic
noir-like
hasCharacter César Vallejo NERFINISHED
Pierre Pain NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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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