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The protagonist of a novel titled for this phenomenon harasses a blind old man on a bench by claiming that his landlord invented an electric prayer book and was a Persian minister. In a novel whose English title mentions this phenomenon, the protagonist believes his grandmother’s parting words of “I know you’ll come back” were transfigured into a handkerchief given by an old Russian woman, which he keeps in a gramophone box-turned suitcase. (10[2])A metaphor for this phenomenon coined by Oskar Pastior (-5[1])inspired the English title of a novel (10[1])about Leo (10[1])Auberg, (10[3])a prisoner (10[1])in a labor camp. (10[2])The protagonist (10[1])of a novel titled for this phenomenon (10[2])tries to pawn his coat (10[1])buttons (10[1])and convince editors to publish his articles as he wanders the (10[1])streets (10[3])of (10[1])Christiania. For 10 points, name this (10[1])title affliction of a destitute writer in a novel by Knut Hamsun. (10[1])■END■

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