George Steiner, The Art of Criticism No. 2 (1995)(theparisreview.org)
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George Steiner, The Art of Criticism No. 2 (1995)
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"One or two far less known East Europeans" is almost certainly referring to Danilo Kis and his books like Hourglass.
He did also, in fact, write more about "every sexual encounter in a different language is a different eros" in My Unwritten Books.
Beautiful, thanks for submitting it.