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| Author | John Fowles |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Pablo Picasso |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | Aug 1982 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 0-224-02938-X |
Mantissa is a novel by British author John Fowles published in 1982. It consists entirely of a presumably imaginary dialogue in a writer's head, between himself and an embodiment of the Muse Erato, after he wakes amnesiac in a hospital bed.