The Gateless Barrier (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Lucas Malet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330380452 ISBN 13: 9781330380451

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A young man confronts love, duty, and a vexing mystery as a storm rages over an old estate, in a tale that tests courage and conscience.

In a world where memory and longing collide, the present moment becomes a crossroads. The narrative follows Laurence Rivers as he weighs ambition, honour, and the pull of a lost love, against a backdrop of family secrets and a household on the edge of change. The book weaves together intense emotion with a quietly unfolding mystery that hints at what lies beyond life’s visible boundaries.

Across a storm-tossed landscape, readers drift through vigil, memory, and a slow, deliberate search for meaning. The atmosphere is rich with tension, longing, and a sense that every choice carries weight beyond the present moment.

• Characters wrestle with personal duty, desire, and the cost of pursuing truth.


• A male protagonist faces inner doubt, ambition, and the lure of the unknown.


• The setting blends Gothic mood with a restrained, character-focused drama.


• The story moves from intimate rooms to a quiet, reflective voyage through regret and resolve.

Ideal for readers who enjoy literary fiction built on mood, moral questions, and a careful unfolding of a secret world.

About this title

Product Description

Excerpt from The Gateless Barrier "What is the book?" "According to the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters of the title, we call it Mu-Mon-Kwan, which means 'The Gateless Barrier.' It is one of the books especially studied by the Zen sect, or the sect of Dhyana. A peculiarity of some of the Dhyana texts - this (story) being a good example - is that they are not explanatory. They only suggest. Questions are put, but the student must think out the answers for himself. He must think them out but not write them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330380452
• ISBN 13: 9781330380451
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360