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 (10[2])Ibbieta. In a novel by this author, (-5[1])the pedophilic “Self-Taught Man” Ogier P frequents a library visited by Antoine Roquentin. For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of the short story “The Wall,” who also wrote the novel Nausea. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Jean-Paul Sartre
<Darren Petrosino, European Literature>
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Anish KodaliUNC CUNC A10510
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Jim FanUNC BDuke A112-5
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Aditya SharmaDuke AUNC B14410

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