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An author from this country wrote about two girls who try to get an elderly relative to manifest “important things” like precious stones or automobiles by dreaming in a story narrated by a dog. The author of “Leopoldina’s Dream” (10[1])worked with two other authors from this country to edit The Book of Fantasy. A character from this country stops after every stanza to praise himself while reading his poem The Earth to the narrator. In a story from this country, a man mourning Beatriz lies in the dark and stares at the nineteenth step (10[1])of a cellar staircase to see the title object. (10[1])An author (10[1]-5[1])from this country wrote about (10[1])the search for (10[1])Vindications in hexagonal rooms that contain every possible (10[1]-5[1])book. For 10 points, name this home country of the author of “The Aleph” and “The Library of Babel,” (10[2])Jorge Luis Borges ■END■

ANSWER: Argentina [or Argentine Republic or República Argentina] (“Leopoldina’s Dream” is by Silvina Ocampo, who edited The Book of Fantasy with Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares.)
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