Vita Brevis
Floria Aemilia's Letter to Aurel Augustine
$30.54
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
30 September 1998
Summary
A box of Latin manuscripts comes to light in an Argentine flea market. An apocryphal invention by some 17th or 18th century scholar, or a transcript of what it appears to be - a hitherto unheard of letter to St. Augustine from a woman he renounced for chastity.
VITA BREVIS is both an entrancing human document and a fascinating insight into the life and philosophy of St. Augustine. Gaarder’s interpretation of Floria’s letter is as playful, inventive, and questioning as Sophie’s World.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753804612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753804611 |
| Author: | Jostein Gaarder |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 30 September 1998 |
| Weight: | 155g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 154mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Jostein Gaarder
Jostein Gaarder is the author of Sophie’s World, the bestselling book in the world in 1995. It has been translated into 55 languages and has sold over 30 million copies. He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels including The Solitaire Mystery, The Christmas Mystery, Vita Brevis, Through a Glass Darkly, Maya, The Ringmaster’s Daughter, The Orange Girl and The Castle in the Pyrenees. In the UK and Commonwealth alone, his books have sold over 2.5 million copies. He was born in Oslo in 1952 and lives there now with his wife and two sons.
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