A focus on John Fowles' work seen from a psycho-analytical perspective, in a postmodern world. It is a would-be answer to whether the writer can become a complete individual by means of his work or not, when life is always considered a series of hazardous experiences meant to make us evolve.

The Freudian idea that art bridges the gap between the pleasure principle and the reality principle also states that behind the “known”, behind that “veil” or that set of veils set by the writer, the analyst will find the “secret”, the drives that secretly urged the artist sublimate his driven-back feelings.