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 (“ben-yuh-MEN-tuh”) Institute. That author with this surname produced numerous “microscripts” while in the Waldau (10[2])(“VAWL-dow”) sanatorium. For 10 points, give this surname of the Swiss author of the novel Jakob von Gunten. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Walser [accept Robert Walser; accept Martin Walser or Martin Johannes Walser]
<Literature - European Literature - Misc Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ariel Faederthrow away your cards, rally in the streetsI wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire13110
Joel MilesThompson et al.CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU!13110
Russell NipUBCAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms1490
Arjun VijaykumarAw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big boomsUBC1490

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