{"product_id":"monsieur-pain-paperback","title":"Monsieur Pain - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Bolaño\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The greatest writer to have appeared in Latin America since the so-called 'boom' . . . I'm tempted to call Bolaño the love child of David Lynch and Jorge Luis Borges--he's that visceral and erudite--but this wouldn't do justice to his ambition.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--John Powers, NPR's Fresh Air\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1938 Paris, Monsieur Pierre Pain, a beleaguered mesmerist and a lonely bachelor, receives a telegram from his friend and unrequited love, Madame Reynaud: an acquaintance of hers lies in a hospital bed beset with a mysterious, and apparently terminal, case of the hiccups. She entreats Pain to use his peculiar skill set to cure him, and buoyed by her confidence, he agrees. But nothing about this case turns out to be ordinary, and soon Pain finds himself entangled in a dark and indecipherable sequence of events that sends him racing through the umbrous streets of Paris, lost and delirious. He attempts to visit the patient--none other than the exiled Peruvian poet César Vallejo--only to be barred from his bedside. He is stalked by a ghostly pair of men who emerge from the shadows to bribe him not to treat the poet. He encounters a former peer, now working across the border in war-torn Spain, whose career has taken a shockingly sinister turn, one which may explain this entire nightmare--or prove just another coincidence. A hypnotic and surreal noir, Roberto Bolaño's \u003ci\u003eMonsieur Pain\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a labyrinthine journey through conspiracy, occultism, and the unfathomable evil looming in our midst.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto Bolaño\u003c\/b\u003e (1953-2003) was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other notable works. Born in Santiago, Chile, he later lived in Mexico City, Paris, and Barcelona. His accolades include the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Premio Rómulo Gallegos. He died at the age of fifty and is widely considered to be the greatest Latin American writer of his generation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eChris Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e has translated books of prose fiction by César Aira, Roberto Bolaño, Liliana Colanzi, and Ágota Kristóf, among others. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Do Things with Forms \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Oblong Plot\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53550470791475,"sku":"9781250898142","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/DoplS5QVI59781250898142.webp?v=1782775212","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/monsieur-pain-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}