That Same Flower: Floria Aemilia's Letter to Saint Augustine

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Floria Aemilia, a concubine to St. Augustine for more than ten years prior to his spiritual awakening, challenges St. Augustine's view of women and love as described in his Confessions, in a passionate and occasionally erotic fictional letter addressing faith, doubt, and human relationships.

Genres fictionphilosophyreligionnovelsliteraturescandinavian literaturehistorical fictionromanceromanchristianity

167 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1996

This edition

Format: 167 pages, Hardcover
Published: February 28, 1998 by Farrar Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9780374253844
ASIN: 0374253846
Language: English

About the author

jostein gaarder

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 uses meta-fiction in his works, writing stories within stories.

Gaarder was born into a pedagogical family. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World, subtitled "A Novel about the History of Philosophy." This popular work has been translated into fifty-three languages; there are over thirty million copies in print, with three million copies sold in Germany alone.

In 1997, he established the Sophie Prize together with his wife Siri Dannevig. This prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000 = 77,000 €), awarded annually. It is named after the novel.