Packet A: Tossup 13

An author from this country described his support for the outcome of the “Trial of the Twenty-One” in his travelogue The Russian Adventure. (-5[1])The time that an author from this country spent at Clervaux Abbey in Luxembourg inspired a novel (10[1])about a “Great Weaver” from Kashmir. In a novel, “Years of Prosperity” ensue when wool and mutton farmers (-5[1])from this country profit from price increases during World War I. (10[2])An author (10[1])who wrote a historical novel about this country’s Bell (10[2])wrote about the sheep (10[1])farmer (10[1])Bjartur’s (10[5]-5[1])attempt (10[1])to (10[1])establish (10[1])the estate (10[1]-5[1])Summerhouses. (10[6])An epic from this country describes how the supernaturally strong Gunnar ends up in multiple (10[1])feuds, (10[3])including with his friend (10[1])Njáll. (10[3]-5[1])For (10[1])10 (-5[1])points, (10[3])name this country (10[1])home to Independent (10[1])People novelist Halldor Laxness (10[6])and (10[2])Snorri (10[4]-5[1])Sturluson. (10[10])■END■ (10[16]0[12])

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