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Sto caricando le informazioni... Vita Brevis : A Letter to St Augustine (originale 1996; edizione 1998)di Jostein Gaarder
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Nota de Antonio en 1ª pág.: "Enlace Peinador - Rebullón. 3-6-97" ( ) What a delightful little book. It really left me wondering if [a:Jostein Gaarder|1388082|Jostein Gaarder|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1314177785p2/1388082.jpg] is pulling a trick here or if it is genuine. I guess I hope that it all is real. I was unfamiliar with Saint Augustine before starting this booklet, let alone his Confessiones. Nevertheless, it is quite easy to follow and remains interesting to read. I was just a bit disappointed in the middle section when I lost track of what point the narrator Floria was trying to make. She just kept on repeating the same things and funnily enough complained herself about Augustine always repeating himself in the Confessiones. However, little by little some elements from their love affair are being revealed to the reader, which keeps it interesting altogether. Considering the many classical allusions in this work, it is fitting that the conceit — of assuming a female persona writing to her lover — should come from classical literature (Ovid's Heroides). That the conceit as used in Gaarder's book was so effective is clear from the number of readers who entertain the idea that the letter is genuine.This is a short work, so it obviously can't be expected to reach the same scope as Sophie's World or the Solitaire Mystery, but even so, it lacks the philosophical acumen of the former and the sheer creativity of the latter. I can give you the thrust of the letter in one sentence: life is short, so you should enjoy it while you can. Aside from perhaps a few choice moments, I don't think you'll get much more out of this book than out of that sentence. You're welcome to try, but then perhaps life is too short? nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A box of Latin manuscripts comes to light in an Argentine flea market. An apocyphral invention by some 17th or 18th century scolar, or a transcrpit of what it appears to be - a hitherto unheard of letter to St Augustine to a woman he renounced for chastity? VITA BREVIS is both an entrancing human document and a fascinating insight into the life and philosophy of St.Augustine. Gaarder'sinterpretation of Floria's letter is as playful, inventive and questioning as SOPHIE'S WORLD. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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