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Vita Brevis: Floria Aemilia's Letter to Aurel Augustine

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Vita Brevis: Floria Aemilia's Letter to Aurel Augustine - Gaarder, Jostein
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In a second had bookshop in Buenos Aires, the author makes an exciting find- A transcript of a hitherto undreamt of letter to St Augustine, the fourth century bishop of Hippo and author of the famous confessions,from Floria Aemiliathe women he renounced for chastity. Backed up with quotations and scholarly comentary, this entracing short text is as playful, inventive and questioning as any of Gaader's work.

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Vita Brevis: Floria Aemilia's Letter to Aurel Augustine 1997, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, London

ISBN-13: 9781861590503

Hardcover