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In a novella set in this city, a Mesmerist tries to reach a dying poet who cannot stop hiccuping. The narrator of a story set in this city feels a “blind gaze” that seems to say, “Save us, save us.” This city partly titles a story in which a young woman begins vomiting rabbits. (-5[1])The speaker describes dying in this city “in a rainstorm” in the poem “Black Stone on a White Stone.” After stopping a boy from being seduced in this (emphasize) European city, a photographer feels trapped in his own (-5[1])photograph. A man stares into an animal’s golden eyes and seems to switch places with the title axolotl in this (10[1])city, the setting of “Blow-Up” and the first half of (-5[1])Hopscotch. For 10 points, name this city where expats such as (10[1])César Vallejo and (10[1])Julio Cortázar were influenced by local authors such as Simone de Beauvoir. (10[6]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Paris (The first sentence refers to Roberto Bolaño’s Monsieur Pain.)
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