Vita Brevis

A playful and inventive work from the bestselling author of SOPHIE''S WORLD.

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.

• | Author: Jostein Gaarder
• | Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2000
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780753804612
• | ISBN-10: 0753804611