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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? <i>Vita Brevis</i> 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 <i>Sophie's World</i>.
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Vita Brevis, Jostein Gaarder
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- Vita Brevis
- Subtitle
- lettre de Floria Aemilia à Aurèle Augustin
- Language
- French
- Authors
- Jostein Gaarder
- Publisher
- Seuil
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN10
- 2020320177
- ISBN13
- 9782020320177
- Series
- Description
- 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? <i>Vita Brevis</i> 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 <i>Sophie's World</i>.