Question
W. G. Sebald ("SAY-balt") used photos to illustrate a novel in which Jacques Austerlitz meets his former nursemaid Vera in this city. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this city that, in another novel, is the home of Sabina, who poses for photos while wearing a bowler hat.
ANSWER: Prague [or Praha] (The novels are Austerlitz and The Unbearable Lightness of Being.)
[10e] Photos by Ara Güler ("GOO-lair") appear in an edition of Orhan Pamuk's book Istanbul, whose subtitle mentions these phenomena "and the city." An alternative title for Marcel Proust's ("proost's") In Search of Lost Time refers to these phenomena "of things past."
ANSWER: memories [or memory or remembrances or recollections; accept Istanbul: Memories and the City or Istanbul: Hatiralar ve Sehir or Remembrance of Things Past]
[10h] Descriptions of photos are interspersed in this author's memoir The Years, one of many that contributed to her winning the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.
ANSWER: Annie Ernaux ("ur-NO") [or Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux or Annie Thérèse Blanche Duchesne]
<Literature - European Literature - Misc Literature>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 37 | 17.30 | 92% | 73% | 8% |