by Jostein Gaarder · Ediciones Siruela S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478443451
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«Vita Brevis» is the novel by Jostein Gaarder, published by Ediciones Siruela in hardcover (130 pages, in Spanish).
The novel gives form to the handwritten letter that Floria Emilia would have written to Saint Augustine after reading his Confessions. With an ironic tone, his former lover reproaches him for placing divine love above human love; the text becomes a defense of sensual love and a critique of the religious repression of passions.
The work belongs to the Libros del Tiempo collection of Ediciones Siruela, number 90, in a translation by Kirsti Baggethun and Asunción Lorenzo. It was originally published in 1996.
Novel by Jostein Gaarder for adults, far from the young adult audience and focused on philosophical and historical fiction with a religious background.
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.
