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Vita Brevis
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Vita Brevis
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jostein Gaarder
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:176 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 154 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780753804612
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| Classifications | Dewey:839.82374 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Orion Publishing Co
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| Imprint |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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| Publication Date |
5 October 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
Jostein Gaarder is the author of SOPHIE'S WORLD, a huge bestseller in over 40 countries. He was born in Oslo in 1952 and lives there now with his wife and two sons.
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