Vita Brevis
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Vita Brevis
By (Author) Jostein Gaarder
Orion Publishing Co
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1st October 1998
5th October 2000
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
839.82374
Physical Properties
Paperback
176
Width 154mm, Height 199mm, Spine 14mm
155g
Description
A box of Ltin manuscripts comes to light in an Argentine flea market. An apocyphral invention by some 17th or 18th century scolar, or a transcrpit of what it appears to be - a hitherto unheard of letter to St Augustine to 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'sinterpretation of Floria's letter is as playful, inventive and questioning as Sophie's World.
Author Bio
Jostein Gaarder is the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a huge bestseller in over 40 countries. He was born in Oslo in 1952 and lives there now with his wife and two sons.
