by Jostein Gaarder · Siruela · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478444816
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«Vita Brevis: La Carta de Floria Emilia a Aurelio Agustín» is the novel by Jostein Gaarder, published by Siruela in paperback (136 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is presented as the handwritten letter that Floria Emilia, Saint Augustine's lover in his youth, would have written after reading his Confessions. With irony and sarcasm, Floria reproaches the saint for having traded human love for divine love and defends sensual love against the religious repression of passions.
It is part of the Siruela/Bolsillo collection, number 43. It was Gaarder's first novel not intended for young readers, originally published in 1996.
This work is a read for people interested in philosophical narrative and the figure of Saint Augustine, and in the debate between human and spiritual love.
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.
