Round 7: Tossup 1

In a novel in this language, humans move to the mountains after a rebellion of super-intelligent newts. (15[1])Stolen dogs are found by a bumbling World War I soldier who speaks this language. A Swiss professor from a novel in this language moves to Thailand after hearing of a woman’s war on “kitsch.” The pig Mefisto appears in a novel in this language (-5[1])as a friend of the cancer-striken dog (*) Karenin. (10[1])In a novel in this language, Sabina wears a bowler hat while having (10[1])sex (10[1])and a truck (-5[1])crushes Tomáš and his wife Tereza. (10[2])For 10 points, name this language used by Milan Kundera to write (10[1])The Unbearable Lightness of Being, which was often translated into Slovak. ■END■ (10[2]0[11])

ANSWER: Czech (The lead-in refers to War with the Newts.)
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