Question

A man in this novel walks down the Prospect deleting women from existence while trying to meet Franziska. In this novel, a policeman abruptly says “They’ve killed Jan. Clear out” and notes that there is no need to exchange suitcases after uttering the (15[1])code “Zeno of Elea” to a man in a bar. This novel’s protagonist gets embroiled with the police, the fake police, and the fake-fake police while pursuing the founder of the Organisation of Apocryphal (-5[1])Power. This novel’s protagonist goes to (*) Ataguitania to pursue the translator Ermes Marana. (-5[1])This novel’s protagonist encounters Silas Flannery and marries Ludmilla in two of its even-numbered chapters, (10[1])which alternate with the first chapters of various novels. For 10 points, the reader attempts to finish several books in what largely second-person Italo Calvino novel? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: If On a Winter’s Night A Traveller [or Se una notte d’inverno un viaggiatore]
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Summary

2023 UMN COOT08/19/2023Y3100%33%67%92.33