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Jostein Gaarder

Vita Brevis

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€16.99
a box of Latin manuscripts
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Confessions of St Augustine
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fascinating insight into life and thought of St Augustine
flea market
Floria Aemilia
inventive
philosophy in fiction
playful
questioning
Sophie's World
the big questions
Umberto Eco

Product details

  • ISBN 9780753804612
  • Weight: 155g
  • Dimensions: 154 x 199mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Oct 2000
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

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.
About Jostein Gaarder
Jostein Gaarder was born in Oslo in 1952. Sophie's World, the first of his books to be published in English, has been translated into sixty languages and has sold over forty million copies. He is the author of many other bestselling, beloved novels and children's books, including The Orange Girl, The Christmas Mystery and The Ringmaster's Daughter. He lives in Oslo with his family.