Copyright © 1999 by Roberto Bolaño
Translation copyright © 2010 by Chris Andrews
Originally published by Anagrama, Barcelona, Spain, as Monsieur Pain in 1999; published by arrangement with the Heirs of Roberto Bolaño and Carmen Balcells Agencia Literaria, Barcelona.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bolaño, Roberto, 1953–2003.
[Monsieur Pain. English]
[Monsieur Pain / Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Chris Andrews.
p. cm.
Originally published by Anagrama Barcelona Spain, as Monsieur Pain in 1999.
ISBN 978-0-8112-1889-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
eISBN 978-0-8112-2055-2
1. Vallejo, César, 1892–1938—Fiction. 2. Mesmerists—Fiction. 3. Mesmerism—Fiction. 4. Occultism—Fiction. 5. Unrequited love—Fiction. 6. Paris (France)—Fiction. I. Andrews, Chris, 1962– II. Title.
PQ8098.12.038M6613 2010
863'.64—dc22 2009037431
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