In a Banana Yoshimoto novella titled for this adjective, a shrine of black stones causes an udon shop to burn down. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this adjective. A novel by another author consists of alternate chapters set in “The End of the World” and a place described by this adjective, where the Calcutecs use their subconscious as encryption keys.
ANSWER: hardboiled [or hādo-boirudo; accept Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World or Sekai no Owari to Hādo-Boirudo Wandārando]
[10e] Eric Margolis argues that poor translations of Yoshimoto’s novels account for her being lesser-known in the US than this author, who wrote Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World as well as Norwegian Wood.
ANSWER: Haruki Murakami [or Murakami Haruki]
[10h] The protagonist of Yoshimoto’s Amrita suffers from this condition after her sister commits suicide. A former mathematician experiences this condition in a Yoko Ogawa novel.
ANSWER: amnesia [or memory loss; accept answers indicating inability to form or retain memories; prompt on brain injury or brain damage] (The Ogawa novel is The Housekeeper and the Professor.)
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