Machine generated contents note: [And then, with my fingernail]. [What, then, did the earth tell you] -- [You checked into room number 39] -- [This note was found in the restaurant] -- [But tell me, my friend, how] -- [My Dear Monsieur Vallejo] -- [Thou shaft not take the name] -- [You're sure you want to do this] -- [Date: September 10, 19 [Unreadable]] -- [I was handed this today] -- [A swastika found spray-painted] -- Chapter Two -- [Dear Cesar, you know what's coming] -- [I can smell sulfur] -- [Don't forget what your hat and shoes] -- [Yeah, Jean Cocteau and I] -- [Would I like you to shave my legs] -- [I've left the items you requested] -- [Well, there's not a lot known] -- [You tell the story again] -- [Before there was red] -- [Angel was polishing the leaves] -- Chapter Three -- [Dear, Dearest Cesar] -- [Regarding the rumor of a diagram] -- [When asked why he made origami] -- [Because now they fornicate violate your mail] -- [There was a line for tickets] -- [I came across a faded book] -- [You left the hotel without official leave] -- [Compadre] -- [Monsieur V] -- [Cesar, Gertrude Stein read this] -- Chapter Four -- [It's the solstice] -- [Due to the sudden vowel shortage] -- [That photo you sent] -- [So sorry you had to wake] -- [In Minsk, mercury leaks] -- [That smoky scent] -- [Last night, I was in a tunnel] -- [Check your door, Cesar] -- [One day you find under an iron tree] -- [The Paris light, Cesar] -- Chapter Five -- [Say something] -- [I know what happened] -- [Your voice, Cesar, spreads] -- [I'm traveling faster now] -- [You've shaved, Cesar] -- [The wind lives in a vase] -- [And so this guy says to his friend] -- [Here's my list of Impossible Things] -- [Two pedestrians] -- [I know you'll hate this] -- Chapter Six -- [They're afraid of you] -- [This was found on the floor] -- [I know what you're doing, friend] -- [Alma told me -- forgive her, friend] -- [Because the stars] -- [A revolver with three bullets] -- [Dear Mademoiselle Corday] -- [Last night, when all the lights] -- [Rain, tapping on my shoulder] -- [Written in soap] -- Chapter Seven -- [No, Cesar, I don't think you should] -- [Later, after you were questioned] -- [Because the eye doesn't want to hear] -- [This time we were in a diner] -- [Your ravenous heartbeat] -- [At 4 a.m., I see you] -- [Something for your digging] -- [A votive candle on the radio] -- [Don't tell, Cesar] -- [Thou shalt walk] -- Notes -- Appendix -- [Dear Reader] -- [Jeanette sent me this] -- [Found inside the rooftop pigeon coop] -- [Frida claims she found this] -- [Inside a coyote's stomach] -- [This so-called "interview"] -- [Found tucked into a copy of Trilce] -- [I remember. I can't remember] -- [This text, as well as the next] -- [Do not disturb] -- [And then, with my fingernail].
Summary:
"Hotel Montparnasse: Letters to César Vallejo is a verse-novel composed in letters written to the famous Peruvian poet César Vallejo, who died in Paris in 1938. He was buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery, but soon after, according to these letters, found himself residing at the nearby Hotel Montparnasse, perhaps against his will. This book tells of his friendships, involvement with a resident named Jeanette, problems with the hotel management, and his eventual disappearance (or is it escape?) from the hotel. Most of the letter-poems are written by the residents of Hotel Montparnasse, except for those composed by a certain Álvaro de Campos, who reveals little about himself. This is a book about the mystery of the afterlife, the persistence of desire, and the lasting legacy of César Vallejo."--Publisher's website.
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