Steps (book)

Steps
First edition (US)
AuthorJerzy Kosiński
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRandom House (US)
The Bodley Head (UK)
Publication date
1968
Publication placeUnited States
Preceded byThe Painted Bird 
Followed byBeing There 

Steps is a book by a Polish-American writer Jerzy Kosiński, released in 1968 by Random House. The work comprises scores of loosely connected vignettes or short stories, which explore themes of social control and alienation by depicting scenes rich in erotic and violent motives. It was Kosiński's second novel, a follow-up to his successful The Painted Bird released in 1965. Steps won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1969.