Question

In a short story by this author, a character invents the word “ziuthre” to describe a paper talisman he crafted to ward off hallucinations. The narrator of another of this author’s short stories urinates on a pile of coal dust that trickled down from a crack in the ceiling. The narrator of a novel by this author of “The Room” insists that he and his surroundings are “superfluous” after being left at a loss for words by a (*) chestnut tree. This author wrote a story in which a man is discovered in a gravedigger’s shack, having had his location accidentally ratted out by political prisoner Pablo Ibbieta. In a novel by this author, the pedophilic “Self-Taught Man” Ogier (10[1])P frequents a library visited by Antoine Roquentin. (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of the short story (10[1])“The Wall,” who also wrote the novel Nausea. ■END■

ANSWER: Jean-Paul Sartre
<Darren Petrosino, European Literature>
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Tony ChenToronto WearyLa Clique du Château11710
Caleb OttWaterloo MikuToronto Joy12510
Erik ChristensenLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesToronto Rofl13510

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%122.00
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