by Jostein Gaarder · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475965321
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«Vita brevis» is the epistolary novel by Jostein Gaarder, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (128 pages, in Catalan).
Latin manuscripts found at an Argentine flea market give rise to an epistolary fiction: the supposed letter of Floria Emilia, the woman Saint Augustine abandoned for chastity. Gaarder contrasts the female voice with the saint's thought and interweaves love, faith and the search for meaning.
Originally published in Norwegian, the Catalan edition is from 22 May 1997 in the Empúries Narrativa collection, translated by Alexandra Pujol Skonhaug.
Recommended for readers of philosophical and historical fiction and for those who know Gaarder's work from Sophie's World.
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often utilizes metafiction in his works and constructs stories within stories. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World (1991). It has been translated into 60 languages; there are over 40 million copies in print.
