The narrator of this story feels the “blind gaze” of the title creatures going through him like a message of “save us, save us.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this story where a man ends up transforming into one of the the title golden eyed creatures after staring at them for hours at the Jardin des Plantes.
ANSWER: “Axolotl” [or “Ajolote”]
[10m] “Axolotl” was written by this Argentine author who also wrote the anti-novel Rayuela, or Hopscotch.
ANSWER: Julio Cortázar [or Julio Florencio Cortázar]
[10e] Cortázar also wrote the story “Bestiary,” in which the Kid is eaten by one of these animals in a library. Another of these large cats named Shere Khan appears in The Jungle Book.
ANSWER: tigers [accept Bengal tigers]
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