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A passage by this author describes how a writer who “draws the world” finds that he has drawn his own face by the end of his life. A review by this real-life author lauds the choice to purposely give the incorrect solution to a murder (20[1])mystery by Herbert Quain. (20[5])This author (20[2])attacked the heretical (20[1])viewpoints of Nils Runeberg, including a hypothesis that God was Judas. This (20[1])author (20[1])described an attempt to recreate (*) Don Quixote line-by-line (10[5])by his friend (10[2])Pierre (10[1])Menard. (10[3])This (10[1])author described an incomplete (10[1])novel (10[1])that took the form of a physical labyrinth (10[1])representing (10[1])all possible (10[2])futures. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])name this author who used fictional criticism in works like “The Garden of Forking Paths.” ■END■ (10[2])

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