Question

The protagonist of this novel is told “All you ever do is rain” after it rains during her first three dates with a man who claims that he will end up a congressman. This novel, whose thirteen alternate titles include “Discreet Exit Through the Back Door,” begins with a dedication to the Schumanns, gnomes, and the color scarlet. This novel’s Coca-Cola-loving protagonist drinks cold coffee before bed and learns random facts from her Clock Radio. The parenthetical word (*) “(explosion)” often appears in this novel to signal a change involving the protagonist, whose co-worker Gloría steals her boyfriend Olímpico. After being told that she will meet a rich European husband named Hans by the psychic Madame Carlota, this novel’s protagonist is struck and killed by a Mercedes. For 10 points, the rural-born Macabéa is the protagonist of what final novella by Clarice Lispector? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: The Hour of the Star [or A Hora da estrela]
<Strombeck, Long Fiction>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vincent DuUNC AUNC B14110
Ashish SubramanianDukeUNC Hunny14210
Michael BucknallUNC HunnyDuke1420

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y580%80%0%66.50
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y683%50%33%87.20
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%141.50
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y1100%0%0%107.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%50%0%79.50
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y4100%50%0%77.00