# Vita Brevis

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- Authors: [Jostein Gaarder](https://www.bookquiver.com/jostein-gaarder)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2010-11-25
- Genres: Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction

## 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.

## Editions

### Vita Brevis

- Publisher: W N
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-9786-472-1
- Published: 2010-11-25
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Vita brevis](https://www.bookquiver.com/jostein-gaarder/es/vita-brevis) (es_ES)
- [Vita Brevis](https://www.bookquiver.com/jostein-gaarder/pl/vita-brevis) (pl_PL)
- [Vita brevis](https://www.bookquiver.com/jostein-gaarder/pt/vita-brevis) (pt_BR)