Cosmos and Pornographia, by Witold Gombrowicz

This guy is a very odd writer. He is Polish; he examines the periods of the world wars. Yet his interest is in the individual perspective on the erotic. HE would not be so crass as to say erotic, yet he is very interested in the way one pays attention and the mode of consciousness involved in being aware. His awareness is centered on common place details that are not usually noticed. He makes much of details that are triadic in nature. If they occur as threes, they must be significant. Mr. Gombrowicz makes much of nothing and thereby makes more than the reader has expected.