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Jostein Gaarder; trans. Anne Born.
Vita Brevis: A Letter to St Augustine.
London: Phoenix House, 1997.
ISBN 1861590504;
ISBN-13: 9781861590503.
Hardback, stitch bound.
120x184x19mm.
164pp inc. 11 monochrome illustrations by Sarah Perkins.
English.
Good to very good condition.
[Paperback in print at £6.99]
272g."Years have passed and much has changed since we two had our arms around each other. Thus what I write will perhaps be equally a letter to the whole Christian church, for today you are a man of great influence."
In a second-hand bookshop in Buenos Aires, Jostein Gaarder makes an exciting find: a transcript of a letter to St Augustine, author of the famous Confessions, from Floria Aemelia, the woman he renounced for chastity.
Vita Brevis is both a classic love story, beautifully told, and a fascinating insight into St Augustine's life and that of his discarded concubine. It is up to the reader to determine its authenticity...
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