Question

This writer championed an aesthetic characterized by the “equivocal contrast” of “scallion green and peach pink” in the essay “Writing of One’s Own.” The “moon from thirty years ago” is said to be “larger, rounder, and whiter” at the opening of a story by this author, which concludes with a woman pushing a bracelet up her skeletal arm. In that story by this author, an embittered widow lies about her daughter’s opium use to ruin her engagement. In a novella by this author whose title can be translated as (*) “colorful ring,” a drama student enters a relationship with the collaborator Mr. Yee in order to assassinate him. (10[3])“The Golden Cangue” (10[3])is included in an NYRB Classics (10[1])collection of this author’s stories, (-5[1])titled for a novella that juxtaposes the courtship of Bai Liusu with the Japanese capture of Hong Kong. For 10 points, name this (10[1])émigré Chinese novelist who wrote Lust, Caution and Love in a Fallen City. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Eileen Chang [or Zhāng Àilíng]
<Matt Bollinger, World Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will AlstonCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!BHSU10610
Andrew WangThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Saint Peter Andre 300010610
Jaimie CarlsonTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessIn Search of Things Past10610
Jordan BrownsteinThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Clubremembrance of lost time10910
Nick JensenThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble10910
Vincent DuQuasicrystal SilenceThe Canadians10910
Richard YuI would prefer not toDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too11510
Charles HangHang et al., Robert Browning[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?120-5
Swapnil GargEvans Hall destruction awaiterswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp14310
Ethan Ashbrook[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?Hang et al., Robert Browning15710

Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y9100%0%11%117.78