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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Monsieur Pain canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novella ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
César Vallejo
NERFINISHED
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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historical references ⓘ political undercurrents ⓘ |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
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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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