One of this author's characters awaits the coming of his "redeemer" and speaks of nine men who come every nine years so he can "deliver them from evil". Another of his characters encounters a blind beggar in a mosque who relieves him of the burden of some constantly-multiplying stones. This author created a character who is revealed by Theseus to be the Cretan Minotaur. This author of "Blue Tigers" also wrote a story whose protagonist evades the pursuit of Captain (*) Richard Madden by visiting the house of Dr. Stephen Albert, who is delighted to meet a descendant of Ts'ui Pen. Another story by this author of "The House of Asterion" describes an endless universe of hexagonal rooms containing all possible books. For 10 points, name this Argentine author of Ficciones who wrote "The Garden of
One of this author's characters awaits the coming of his "redeemer" and speaks of nine men who come every nine years so he can "deliver them from evil". Another of his characters encounters a blind beggar in a mosque who relieves him of the burden of some constantly-multiplying stones. This author created a character who is revealed by Theseus to be the Cretan Minotaur. This author of "Blue Tigers" also wrote a story whose protagonist evades the pursuit of Captain (*) Richard Madden by visiting the house of Dr. Stephen Albert, who is delighted to meet a descendant of Ts'ui Pen. Another story by this author of "The House of Asterion" describes an endless universe of hexagonal rooms containing all possible books. For 10 points, name this Argentine author of Ficciones who wrote "The Garden of Forking Paths" and "The Library of Babel".
One of this author's characters awaits the coming of his "redeemer" and speaks of nine men who come every nine years