Question

In a novel in this language, a woman inspired by the Ghent Altarpiece compiles stories of animal cruelty into “Reports on Infamy.” Enigmatic, unlabeled maps litter a novel in this language featuring occasional analyses of “travel psychology” at airports. In 2022, Fitzcarraldo Editions published Jennifer Croft’s translation of a 900-page novel in this language (10[1])about an 18th-century self-proclaimed messiah. A novel in this language follows a William Blake translator’s (10[1])investigation of the murder of her neighbor Big Foot. (-5[1])The Swedish Academy (10[1])jointly announced Peter Handke’s 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature win with the 2018 win of an author in this language who wrote The Books of Jacob and a novel composed of 116 (10[1])vignettes, Flights. For 10 points, name this language used by Olga Tokarczuk ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Polish [or Polska] (The novel in the fourth sentence is Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.)
<HG, European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stan MelkumianPurdueStanford B5310
Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown AGeorgetown B6810
Stephen WalshNorthwestern BNotre Dame A77-5
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AIowa8010
Jacob FinleyNotre Dame ANorthwestern B11210
Ben KoberleinNotre Dame BNotre Dame C1250
Will SandersNotre Dame CNotre Dame B12510

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