Round 9: Tossup 22

A woman created by this author is given white roses by a lover, inspiring her to send him some annually on his birthday. A man created by this author relates how he stole a book from a guard’s coat pocket in solitary confinement, which led him to make objects out of bread and dust. In this author’s only non-posthumous novel, a cavalryman at a party awkwardly asks a paralyzed woman to dance. In a novella by this author, the writer R. learns that he is the father of a dead boy in the title (*) Letter from an Unknown Woman. Books by this author, like the novel Beware of Pity and the memoir The World of Yesterday, inspired The Grand Budapest Hotel. A novella (10[1])by this author is set on a cruise ship where Dr. B defeats (-5[1])the grandmaster Mirko Czentovic. For 10 points, what Austrian author wrote The Royal Game, (10[2])or Chess Story? ■END■ (10[2])

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