Question

An English-language book about this language’s literature includes an appendix exercise that examines translations of a sentence about white wicker chairs. (10[1])In a book subtitled for this language, (10[2])the author recalls the “emptiness” of a Cape Cod writing colony while reading the anthology Best American Short Stories. After switching from this language to English, an author quipped, (-5[1])“I am too old to change Conradically.” A book titled for a novel in this language ends by analyzing it through René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire and was inspired by its author’s Stanford graduate studies. Stories in this language are the (10[1])subject of George Saunders’s 2021 (10[2])book (10[1])A Swim (10[3])in a Pond (10[1])in the Rain. (10[1]-5[1])A book titled for a novel in this language (10[1])follows Selim’s studies at Harvard (10[1]-5[2])and is by Elif Batuman. (10[1]-5[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky translate novels from what (10[2])language used to (10[1])write The Idiot? (10[1])■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Russian [or russkij; accept The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2496%0%29%112.17

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AYale A2010
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins APurdue A2710
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ACornell B2710
Collin AceRutgers BMichigan A56-5
Andrew HannaVanderbilt ANYU A9810
Tim MorrisonStanford AChicago A10310
Kevin YeUC Berkeley BHouston A10310
Nathan ZhangCornell ABrown A10410
Cormac BeirneMcGill AIllinois A10610
Mazin OmerHarvard ANorthwestern A10610
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto ANorth Carolina A10610
Tanis NielsenClaremont ARutgers A10910
Karsten RynearsonYale BVirginia A112-5
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AWUSTL B11210
Annabelle YangWUSTL AChicago B12110
Joel MilesMinnesota AColumbia A126-5
Ani PerumallaPenn State ASouth Carolina A126-5
Clark SmithOhio State AMaryland A12610
Ricky LiMIT ATexas A131-5
Henry CafaroChicago CIndiana A13110
Ashish SubramanianDuke AFlorida A131-5
Guy IndoranteIowa State AGeorgia Tech B134-5
Todd MaslykMichigan ARutgers B14310
Albert ZhangColumbia BFlorida B14310
Michael MaysImperial AMinnesota B14610
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina APenn State A14910
John John GrogerColumbia AMinnesota A15010
Jisoo YooTexas AMIT A15010
Alana DickeyVirginia AYale B15010
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BIowa State A1500
Leo LawFlorida ADuke A15010