Round 6: Tossup 1

While visiting a tomb after a long boat trip, this character ponders what to eat for lunch while imagining an old woman watching over the body of her grandson. The odes written by this character were first published in the short-lived Athena magazine and were compared to Horace’s in a fake review. In a novel, this character is described as constantly carrying and reading a copy of the fictional book The God of the Labyrinth. This character confesses his relationship struggles with Lydia and Marcendo during one (10[1])of his periodic conversations with his creator. In that novel, this character dies by following his creator into the grave (10[1])to the “other” Lisbon. For 10 points, what heteronym of Fernando Pessoa (10[1])is the subject (10[1])of a novel (10[1])by José Saramago titled for the year of his death? ■END■ (0[2])

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