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Steps [Import] [Hardcover]

Jerzy Kosinski (Author)

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Product Details

Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Bodley Head; First edition. edition (1969)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0370014065
ISBN-13: 978-0370014067
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good book, awful conversion in ebook, September 18, 2011

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The book is good, full of twisted scenes and strange dialogues.
What is terrible is the quality of the ebook conversion, probably made with OCR.
A lot of missing full stops, wrong words (i.e. "real" becomes "red"), and even asterisks when there shouldn't be.
You better buy the paperback version...

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece, November 20, 2000

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Kosinski, or the Kosinski committee or whatever it was (Paul Auster is one of many who claim to have been paid to 'fix up' his early drafts), wrote some psychologically fascinating and beautifully written stuff (The Painted Bird, Steps, and to a lesser extent, Cockpit and The Devil Tree) and some really bad stuff (Pinball, The Hermit of Whatever-it-was-th Street). This is probably the best of them all. Buy it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Well done, November 29, 2011

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This is a kind of love it or hate it type book, type of prose that some just can't get into. However, if you are into this style of writing, you will enjoy it. A good short read. It's very reminiscent of Kafka.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A review by Dr. Joseph Suglia
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Jerzy Kosinski did not write his books alone. His authorship has long since been discredited as fraudulent; all of the writings to which... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Joseph Suglia

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To keep things brief, this is not a novel for the average reader. This is a violent, darkly sexual, experimental novel split into a series of extremely short vignettes connected... Read more

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Published on July 31, 2008 by Dr. James R. Fisher Jr.

1.0 out of 5 stars a dull recitation
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Published on May 3, 2007 by Eric Maroney

5.0 out of 5 stars Admit it: you're filthy, too
Riveting, gripping, amazing. If art is, in part, the dance between artist and audience, then Steps is art in its highest form. Read more

Published on November 24, 2005 by Anittah N. Patrick

1.0 out of 5 stars Steps to disappointment
A very adolescent work. Definitely not worth reading, despite the fact that Kosinsky had won an award for this book.

Published on September 5, 2005 by Sabine Von Glinski

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
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Published on August 12, 2005 by David Blanton

1.0 out of 5 stars Dull
I wanted to like this book, but I had to give up in the end. If the overall vignette concept is attractive enough, the execution of detail isn't -- Kosinski can't write. Read more

Published on September 5, 2004 by Plaku

5.0 out of 5 stars Americans...
This may be a little deviant for you. Perhaps the new Ann Coulter book would be a better choice.

Published on August 3, 2003 by Karlos Marxus

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Being There by Jerzy Kosinski in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
The Devil Tree by Jerzy Kosinski in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Blind Date (Kosinski, Jerzy) by Jerzy Kosinski in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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