Introduction -- The metaphysics of reading in-between -- In medias res : on spatial intermediacy (Bruno Schulz, Andrei Platonov) -- In the meantime : on temporal intermediacy (Osip Mandel'shtam, Czeslaw Milosz) -- A certain space of time : intermediacy in the modern polis (Nikolai Zabolotskii, Vitezslav Nezval) -- When you're not really feeling yourself : immaturity and the double (Witold Gombrowicz, Karel Capek, Richard Weiner) -- Conclusion
