Wikipedia - Steps is a collection of short stories by a Polish-American writer Jerzy Kosinski, released in 1968 by Random House.
The work comprises scores of loosely connected vignettes, which explore
themes of social control and alienation by depicting scenes rich in
erotic and violent motives. Steps won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1969.
...In 1975, a freelance writer Chuck Ross, in order to prove his theory
that unknown authors always find their books rejected, sent out excerpts
from Steps to four different publishers, using the pseudonym
Erik Demos. All four did not accept the sample. In 1977, Ross sent out
the entire book to ten publishers, including Random House, which had
originally published the book, and thirteen literary agents. Again, the
book was rejected, also by Random House, having not been recognized,
despite being an award-winning work.
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