An author from this country cited the false observation that there are no camels in the Qur’an to argue that this country’s literature could be national without abounding in local color. Another author remarked that authors from this country needed to “kill” a prominent author from here for its literature to advance. In a novella from this country, a man is disfigured (-5[1])after being repeatedly struck by lightning and then dragged by his horse, leading his style of (*) landscape (10[1])painting to evolve. An author from this country observed that a writer’s precursors may have little similarity beyond being that writer’s precursors in a short essay on Kafka. A character in a story from this country, Beatriz Viterbo, (10[4])names a publishing house (10[1])associated with an author from here, César Aira. For 10 points, name this country home to the author of “The Aleph.” (10[2])■END■ (10[2])