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A book written in this language is titled for the word “Who?” in Sanskrit and begins and ends with a flight by Garuda. The Adelphi publishing house, which translates books into this language, was headed by an author who used this language for his book The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony. Two books written in this language that were delivered as Harvard lectures include Six Walks in the Fictional Woods and (*) Six Memos for the New Millennium. In an essay translated from this language, the writer (10[1])calls his ride down a river in Disneyland one of the title “Travels in Hyperreality.” (10[1])A Jhumpa Lahiri essay titled “Teach Yourself” this language describes her switch from English to this language, (-5[1])which is used by all Strega Prize winners. For 10 points, name this language used in most of Roberto Calasso and Umberto Eco’s works. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Italian [or Italiano; or lingua italiana] (Six Memos for the New Millennium is by Italo Calvino.)
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, European Literature>
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