Its characters include a Eumaeus-like Greek guide who carries around a bilingual edition of the Odyssey, named Yannes.
In chapter 7 of this novel, a parasite's attack on a Rubens painting and people throwing themselves at a bank's windows are explained as the activity of "the Worm." The narrator of this novel judges his two love interests on a bus after seeing one of them read The Story of Genevieve of Brabant and the other read an unnamed modern novel. Its characters include a Eumaeus-like Greek guide who carries around a bilingual edition of the Odyssey, named Yannes. This novel's protagonist is working on a (*) cantata based on Prometheus Bound. The narrator of this novel leaves his actress wife Ruth and goes on a trip with his mistress, the astrologer Mouche, whom he leaves in turn for Rosario. In this novel, the Curator of a museum asks his friend to retrieve some ancient instruments from South America to discover the origin of music. For 10 points, name this novel about a European narrator's trip up the Orinoco, by Alejo Carpentier.
In chapter 7 of this novel, a parasite's attack on a Rubens painting and people throwing themselves at a bank's windows are explained as the activity of "the Worm.
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