The 2020 collection First Person Singular contains a sequel to the final story in this collection, which is titled for a story whose narrator accompanies his younger cousin to an ear doctor appointment at a hospital. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 2006 collection whose 24 stories include “Dabchick,” “Birthday Girl,” and “Firefly.”
ANSWER: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman [or Mekurayanagi to nemuru onna]
[10m] The author of Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman later expanded its story “Firefly” into this novel. This novel's protagonist shares a dorm room with a neurotic, stuttering geography major nicknamed “Storm Trooper.”
ANSWER: Norwegian Wood [or Noruwei no Mori]
[10e] Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman and Norwegian Wood are by this Japanese author.
ANSWER: Haruki Murakami [accept names in either order]
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