Question
The Moon is called a “gray ball” in the preface to this collection’s story “Without Colors.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this short story collection that begins with a story in which the narrator falls in love with the captain’s wife, “The Distance of the Moon.” Like the author’s collection t-zero, this collection is narrated by Qfwfq (“KIF-wifk”).
ANSWER: Cosmicomics
[10e] Cosmicomics is a collection by this Italian author, who also wrote the novels Invisible Cities and If on a winter’s night a traveler.
ANSWER: Italo Calvino
[10h] Qfwfq’s love for Mrs. Vhd Vhd (“vid vid”) in “The Distance of the Moon” is unreciprocated because of her own love for a character described by this attribute. After that character with this physical trait prods the moon away from Earth with a pole, Mrs. Vhd Vhd remains on the moon because it is that character’s true love.
ANSWER: deafness [accept the Deaf One] (The character is Qfwfq’s deaf cousin, referred to as the Deaf One.)
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