Vita Brevis : A Letter To St Augustine

Author: Jostein Gaarder

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  • : $10.00 AUD
  • : 9781861590503
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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  • : 0.256
  • : September 1997
  • : 2 Centimeters X 12.2 Centimeters X 18.5 Centimeters
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  • : Jostein Gaarder
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Barcode 9781861590503
9781861590503

Local Description

1997. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine, unclipped d/w.

Description

A box of Latin manuscripts comes to light in an Argentine flea market. An apocryphal invention by some 17th or 18th century scolar, or a transcript 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's interpretation of Floria's letter is as playful, inventive and questioning as SOPHIE'S WORLD.