Fourth Mansions
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| Author | R. A. Lafferty |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction, supernatural fiction, or dramatic fantasy |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
| Released | 1969 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Hardback) |
| Pages | 252 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
Fourth Mansions is a novel by American author R. A. Lafferty, first published in 1969. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1970.
[edit] Plot introduction
Fourth Mansions was inspired by Teresa of Ávila's Interior Castle, and contains quotations from the book, which quotations Lafferty uses as chapter headings. The Interior Castle is a metaphor for an individual's soul (hence the word 'interior'); its different rooms, different states of the soul. In the middle of the Castle the soul is in the purest state, which equals Heaven. Lafferty uses more complex symbols to bring colorfully into life his many-sided tale of an individual's reaching towards Heaven or Truth.
[edit] Release details
- Lafferty, R. A. [1969] (1969). Fourth Mansions (softcover), 1st edition (in English), New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, 252. OCLC: 857772.
- Lafferty, R. A. [1969] (1972). Fourth Mansions (in English). London: D. Dobson (part of Dobson science fiction series), 252. ISBN 0-234-77653-6; OCLC: 5950330.
- Lafferty, R. A. [1969] (1977). Fourth Mansions (softcover) (in English), London: W.H. Allen (a star book), 252. ISBN 0-352-39615-6; OCLC: 11140931.
- Lafferty, R. A. [1969] (1988). Fourth Mansions (softcover) (in English), New York: Bart Books, 252. ISBN 1-55785-048-8; OCLC: 20384448.
- Lafferty, R. A. [1969] (1999). Fourth Mansions (softcover), Wildside edition (in English), Berkeley Heights, New Jersey; or Gillette, NJ: Wildside Press (Wildside science fiction series), 252. ISBN 1-880448-96-3.
