Censored novels set in this city include a novel about its bohemians and a novel about the decline and prostitution of the title woman, Albertine. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this “singular city,” the setting of a novel in which the narrator keeps writing the year 1848 and almost eats a pencil. In that novel, the narrator wanders the streets of this city and pursues a woman he names Ylajali (“ee-la-YAH-lee”).
ANSWER: Oslo [or Christiana; or Kristiania; accept Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen or From Christiania’s Bohemia] (The novels in the lead-in are Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen by Hans Jæger and Albertine by Christian Krohg.)
[10m] George Egerton was accused of bowdlerizing a Knut Hamsun novel set in Oslo titled for this phenomenon. This phenomenon titles a story about an artist who works in 40-day periods before being replaced by a panther.
ANSWER: hunger [or Sult; accept “A Hunger Artist” or “Ein Hungerkünstler”]
[10e] Hamsun published his final literary work, On Overgrown Paths, while in custody for his support for this man and his political party. Karl Ove Knausgård referenced this man’s manifesto with his series My Struggle.
ANSWER: Adolf Hitler
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