One of these objects titles a book edited by Pierre Haski, who was handed its manuscript by a schoolgirl’s family. The tubercular Sophie rejects the advances of a “tall Singaporean” she is attracted to in a story titled for one of these objects by Dīng Líng. In the frame narrative of a story titled for one of these objects, a character provoked by the “dirty looks” of a neighbor’s dog is said to have gotten an “official appointment” to explain his (*) absence. After hearing about a nearby famine, the protagonist of a story titled for one of these objects stops eating meat. A story titled for one of these objects ends with a plea to “save the children” from people like Elder Brother, whom the narrator suspects to be a cannibal. For 10 points, what object owned by a madman titles a Lǔ Xùn (“shun”) story? ■END■
ANSWER: diaries [accept The Diary of Ma Yan or “Miss Sophie’s Diary” or “Miss Sophia’s Diary”; accept “Diary of a Madman” or “A Madman’s Diary”; accept Mǎ Yān rìjì or Shāfēi nǚshì de rìjì or Kuángrén Rìjì]
<Albert Nyang, World Literature>
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