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Steps : A Novel

by Kosinski, Jerzy

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House. 1968. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First edition / 1st Printing. H Hard Cover. Very Good. First Edition / First Printing. Very good in good dust jacket. Jacket : spine & rear panel slightly darkened. 14.5 x 21. hard cover. 148pp. B2503

Synopsis

Jerzy Kosiński was an award-winning Polish-American novelist. His novel, Steps , was the 1969 winner of the National Book Awards. This novel is comprised of a series of loosely connected vignettes. The book is meant to be shocking and brought the author close to celebrity status after winning the award. Steps begins with the narrator going to a zoo to see an octopus that is slowly killing itself by consuming its own tentacles. The piece ends with the narrator discovering that a woman he’s picked up off the street is actually a man. While some of the vignettes are connected to each other, some are not, but all of them are marked by concrete prose and lucidity of the narrative. The book explores themes of horror, repression, alienation, isolation and anxiety.

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Bookseller
Vashon Island Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
0796266
Title
Steps : A Novel
Author
Kosinski, Jerzy
Format/Binding
H Hard Cover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
J Good
Edition
First edition / 1st Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Random House
Place of Publication
New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published
1968
Keywords
Kosinski, Jerzy Steps : A Novel B2503

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