Question

A story by this author opens with the narrator proposing writing in the first person, second person, third person plural, or “continually inventing modes that will serve for nothing.” The protagonist of a story by this author throws himself at a heavy oak door, which disrupts his sister’s continual knitting of shawls. In that story by this author, the narrator and his sister Irene flee a house in which they have been living in fewer (15[1])and fewer rooms due to odd noises. In a story by this author of (*) “House Taken Over,” a man notices (10[1])a sinister seduction going on after he enlarges one of his photographs. (10[1])This author depicted a man leaving the Serpent Club and falling in love with La Maga in a novel with a “table of instructions” detailing orders in which to read the chapters. For 10 points, name this Argentinian author of “Blow-Up” and Hopscotch. ■END■

ANSWER: Julio (Florencio) Cortázar
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan AshbrookJeff Weiner Fan ClubOur Job is Buzz7415
Guy IndorantePalestrina Sawayamadoubleplusnegfive9410
Rob CarsonBHSUWeird Klaus Barbie10610

Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%33%0%91.33