One author used this language to write a “factless autobiography” narrated by Bernardo Soares in The Book of Disquiet. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this language used by Fernando Pessoa. One novel in this language features a girl with dark glasses, the Dog of Tears, and a man who fails to move when a traffic light turns green.
ANSWER: Portuguese [or Português or língua portuguesa]
[10e] José Saramago (“ZHOO-zay sah-rah-MAH-goo”) used Portuguese to write a novel titled for this condition, in which the doctor’s wife is the only one not afflicted by a “white sickness.” That novel’s sequel is conversely titled Seeing.
ANSWER: being blind [accept blindness or an inability to see; accept Ensaio sobre a Cegueira or Essay on Blindness]
[10h] In this other Saramago novel, three men, two women, and a dog travel across the Iberian Peninsula after it breaks off from the rest of Europe.
ANSWER: The Stone Raft [or A Jangada de Pedra]
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