Vita Brevis : A Letter to St Augustine by Jostein Gaarder

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.

Publisher:	Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group
Year:	1998
Binding:	Paperback
ISBN:	9780753804612
Condition:	Good
Description:	2000 printing. Green metallic cover; front cover creased on bottom right corner.

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SKU: 1221542
Location: Fiction