Jostein Gaarder

Sarah Perkins

Augustin levde på 300-tallet og regnes som en av grunnleggerne av det vestlige klostervesen. Boka handler om kirkefaderen Augustin og hans store kjærlighet som Gaarder har gitt navnet Flora Aemilia. De levde sammen i 12 år og hun var mor til hans eneste barn, men Augustin valgte til slutt kirka framfor kjærligheten. Boka er formet som Flora Aemilias brev til Augustin

a letter to St Augustine

Vita Brevis

Hilde Kramer

Floria Aemilias brev til Aurel Augustin

Vita brevis

Anne Born

Vita Brevis 'Years have passed and much has changed since we two had our arms around each other. Thus what I write will perhaps be equally a letter to the whole Christian church, for today you are a man of great influence.' In a second-hand bookshop in Buenos Aires, Jostein Gaarder makes an exciting find: a transcript of a letter to St Augustine, author of the famous Confessions, from Floria Aemilia, the woman he renounced for chastity. Vita Brevis is both a classic love story, beautifully told, and a fascinating insight into St Augustine's life and that of his discarded concubine. It is up to the reader to determine its authenticity.