Question

This author’s theories of “two-track time” and “branch lines of time” are analyzed in Regions of the Great Heresy, (15[1])Jerzy Ficowski’s (“YEH-zhih feet-SAWF-skeez”) monograph on this author. To make up for a pornographic book being out of stock, the narrator of a story by this author is given a complicated “folding telescope” that in fact unfolds into a car. (15[1])This author’s first book, written in postscripts of letters to Debora Vogel, ends with a story in which a new constellation called “The Cyclist” appears. This author’s recurring characters include the maid (*) Adela, who in one story rips pages from a book (10[1])called “The Book.” (10[1])This author’s father turns into a crab and is boiled in the story (10[2]-5[1])“Father’s Last Escape.” The unfinished novel The Messiah was lost after this author was shot in Drohobycz (“droh-HOH-beech”) due to a rivalry between two Gestapo officers. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this Polish author of Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass and The Street of Crocodiles. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Bruno Schulz
<Milan Fernandez, European Literature>
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y989%22%22%100.00

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Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailI would prefer not to1815
Matt JacksonThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill5615
Will AlstonCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)9810
Ethan Ashbrook[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?BHSU10110
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Evans Hall destruction awaiters114-5
Tracy MirkinThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubQuasicrystal Silence11410
James OreficeHang et al., Robert BrowningIn Search of Things Past11410
Mitch McCullarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble13910
Jerry VinokurovTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladnesswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp139-5
Michael CoatesEvans Hall destruction awaitersSaint Peter Andre 30001600
Eric Bobrowwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gpTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness16010