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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. The speaker (10[1])describes dying in this city “in a rainstorm” in (10[1])the poem “Black Stone on a White Stone.” After stopping a boy (10[1])from being seduced in this (emphasize) European city, a photographer feels trapped in his own photograph. A man stares into an animal’s golden eyes and seems to switch places with the title axolotl in this city, the setting of “Blow-Up” and the first half of Hopscotch. For 10 points, name this city where expats such as César Vallejo and (10[1])Julio Cortázar were influenced by local authors such as Simone (10[1])de Beauvoir. ■END■

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