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The protagonist of a novel by this author is a time traveler who becomes Lilith’s lover and stops Abraham from sacrificing Isaac. After fainting in a crowded church, the protagonist of a novel by this author realizes that all of the people depicted in the church’s artworks have had their eyes covered with paint or cloth. The title character of a novel by this author is forced to sacrifice his favorite sheep while apprenticed to a (*) shepherd, who is the Devil in disguise. (10[1])This author (-5[1])created a woman who stabs the leader of a group of thugs in the throat with scissors while living in a hospital ward with the girl with dark glasses. A novel by this author begins with a city falling victim to the “white sickness,” to which only the doctor’s wife is immune. For 10 points, name this Portuguese author of Blindness. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: José Saramago [or José de Sousa Saramago] (The first novel is Cain.)
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