Mantissa

John Fowles is one of the most outstanding (and deservedly popular) British writers of the twentieth century, a contemporary classic of the highest caliber, the author of worldwide bestsellers "The Collector" and "The Magus", "The French Lieutenant's Woman" and "The... Ebony Tower".
In each of his creations, never resembling his former self, Fowles nevertheless always remains himself — romantic and mysterious, shocking and at the same time alluring with his unbridled eroticism. "Mantissa" is a novel about a novel, a resounding echo of what has been written and the barely discernible sounds of what is yet to be written... And the main character is a writer, a creator whose sensual imagination creates a special world; it is filled with passions from which he cannot break free himself.