Question

An author from this country was acquitted in a blasphemy trial for depicting himself in one of his novels having sex with God incarnated as a donkey. A character reflects on the Eucharist while watching a Japanese bowl being rotated in a novel from this country titled Rituals. In a novel set (15[1]-5[1])in this country, (-5[1])a character claims that he was elected pope in jail while imprisoned with Du Guesclin (“doo gess-CLAHN”). A narrator living in this country recounts that during his life in (*) Paris, he was punched in the ear by a motorcyclist (-5[1])while stuck in (-5[1])traffic. (10[1])In a novel set in this country, a character who regrets ignoring a woman (-5[1])who jumped off a bridge (10[1])reveals that due to his (10[1])affiliation with the bar (-5[1])Mexico City, (-5[1])he owns the (10[1])stolen (10[1])panel (-5[1])painting The Just (-5[1])Judges. (-5[2])For 10 points, (10[1])Jean-Baptiste Clamence (-5[1])compares the canals of what country’s capital (10[1])to the circles of Hell in Albert Camus’ The Fall? (10[1])■END■ (10[7]0[4])

ANSWER: The Netherlands [or Nederland; anti-prompt on Holland] (The first sentence is Gerard Reve’s Nearer to Thee. Rituals is by Cees Nooteboom.)
<Literature - European Literature - Long Fiction>
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Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y367%0%33%125.50
2024 ARGOS Online03/22/2025N3100%0%67%149.33
2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025N3100%0%0%132.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y580%0%80%149.50
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%0%50%138.50
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y333%33%67%51.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%67%147.67

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNortheast by Northwestern51-5
John LawrenceWalston et. al.Cope is the thing with feathers5115
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?54-5
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up as rational as the square root of two power bottoms91-5
Frances HadleyLimp FranceskitDefying Suavity94-5
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Notre Dame9510
Hari ParameswaranCry of the Common LoonStanford+109-5
Stephen LiuWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs11410
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioMusic to Help You Stop Smoking11910
Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)just one more half-dot bro123-5
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut125-5
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country12810
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz12910
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha130-5
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers133-5
Omer KeskinCien Años de QuizboledadCambridge134-5
Halle Friedmanjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club12 Litres of Green Tea134-5
Kevin Yenumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuBerkeley13710
Yashwanth BajjiClown SquadThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days139-5
Charles HangWashUhawk two of14610
Ishan JoshiRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken15610
Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?BHSU Rebirth15710
William HoustonThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysClown Squad15710
Matt SchiavoneNortheast by NorthwesternClown Senpais15710
Ian McDowellCambridgeCien Años de Quizboledad15710
Claire JonesDefying SuavityLimp Franceskit15710
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green Teajeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan club1570
Cooper Rohjust one more half-dot broNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)1570
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere1570
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit15710
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 15710
Tim MorrisonStanford+Cry of the Common Loon1570