This author was conceived as an attempt to cure her mother's syphilis. One short story by this author deals with a mathematics professor's remorse over a lost dog. Another short by this author is about an old man who struggles to eat his meal in a diner. In addition to "The Crime of the Mathematics Professor" and "The Dinner", which were published alongside "Love" and "Daydreams of a Drunk Woman" in her collection about family, this author wrote a novel about the metal worker Olimpico, whose girlfriend is killed by a yellow Mercedes. For 10 points, name this Brazilian author of The Hour of the Star and The Passion According to G. H.
This author was conceived as an attempt to cure her mother's syphilis. One short story by this author deals with a mathematics professor's remorse over a lost dog. Another short by this author is about an old man who struggles to eat his meal in a diner. In addition to "The Crime of the Mathematics Professor" and "The Dinner", which were published alongside "Love" and "Daydreams of a Drunk Woman" in her collection about family, this author wrote a novel about the metal worker Olimpico, whose girlfriend is killed by a yellow Mercedes. For 10 points, name this Brazilian author of The Hour of the Star and The Passion According to G. H.
This author was conceived as an attempt to cure her mother's syphilis.