num_pages: 164
description: A box of Latin manuscripts comes to light in an Argentine flea market. An apocryphal invention by some 17th or 18th century scholar, or a transcript of what it appears to be - a hitherto unheard of letter to St. Augustine from 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.
language: English
title: Vita Brevis: Floria Aemilia's Letter to Aurel Augustine
titlecomplete: Vita Brevis: Floria Aemilia's Letter to Aurel Augustine
genres: Roman, Philosophy, Religion, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 4448
publisher: Phoenix