Question

At the end of a novel by an author with this surname, a woman playing the Wanderer Fantasy on an imaginary piano is interrupted by her husband, who was presumed dead in a sailing accident. The non-Japanese novella Runaway Horse was written by an author with this surname who was accused of antisemitism for lambasting the critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki (“rike rah-NIT-skee”) in the novel Death of a Critic. A protagonist created by an author with this surname is disappointed by the “inner chambers” of a brother and sister after being made to clean a goldfish tank with the straight-laced (*) Kraus. A novel by an author with this surname ends after the protagonist decides to leave with the principal of the Benjamenta (10[1])(“ben-yuh-MEN-tuh”) Institute. That author with this surname produced numerous “microscripts” while in the Waldau (“VAWL-dow”) sanatorium. For 10 points, give this surname of the Swiss author (-5[1])of the novel Jakob von Gunten. ■END■ (0[6])

ANSWER: Walser [accept Robert Walser; accept Martin Walser or Martin Johannes Walser]
<Literature - European Literature - Long Fiction>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countrySimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut11810
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha142-5
Caleb OttTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere1490
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange1490
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit1490
Ishan JoshiRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 1490
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitas rational as the square root of two power bottoms1490
Kane NguyenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Ryan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers1490

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2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y520%0%20%118.00
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2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%0%33%124.50