Jostein Gaarder — Vita Brevis : A Letter to St Augustine
Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group 1998 Paperback 164 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. 2000 printing. Green metallic cover; front cover creased on bottom right corner. Good
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