In a story by this author, the sinologist Dr. Albert is killed in his study after discovering that the word “time” never appears in a book. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Argentine author who wrote about hexagonal rooms that contain every possible book in “The Library of Babel.”
ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges (“BOR-hays”)
[10m] The discovery that a book never uses the word “time” is made in this Borges story, wherein the title timeless structure is found to be that novel by Ts’ui Pên.
ANSWER: “The Garden of Forking Paths” [or “El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan”]
[10h] One of the Library of Babel’s few readable sentences addresses “O time,” attributing these structures to it. Dreams of being led to these structures cause Santiago to go on a journey in a Paulo Coelho (“co-EL-yo”) novel.
ANSWER: pyramids [accept “O time, thy pyramids” or “Oh, tiempo, tus pirámides”]
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