Question
In this novel, an affair between Carmen and Gen develops from nightly meetings in a china closet arranged so the latter can teach the former English. For the stated number of points:
[10h] Name this novel that depicts a brief romance between Katsumi Hosokawa and Roxane Coss. At its end, Hosokawa dies while attempting to shield Carmen from gunfire.
ANSWER: Bel Canto
[10e] Bel Canto's author Ann Patchett documented her friendship with the late writer Lucy Grealy in a memoir titled for these two concepts, which are equated in the closing lines of “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”
ANSWER: truth and beauty [accept answers in either order; accept Truth & Beauty]
[10m] The line “Parsifal is dead” opens a 1997 Patchett novel titled for an assistant to someone in this profession. Quentin Coldwater becomes one of the Physical Kids at Brakebills in a 2009 novel titled for members of this profession.
ANSWER: magicians [accept The Magician's Assistant or The Magicians (by Lev Grossman)]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 50% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | Parth et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| The Passion According to C.H. | Milan et al. | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Cameron et al. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |