Status
Available
Call number
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Publication
Carlton House (New York, NY)
Description
One of the most influential religious books in the Christian tradition recalls crucial events in the author's life: his mid-4th-century origins in rural Algeria; the rise to a lavish lifestyle at the imperial court in Milan; his struggle with sexual desires; eventual renunciation of secular ambitions and marriage; and recovery of his Catholic faith.
Awards
Prix Jules Janin (2008)
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List (32 — 2009)
Language
Original language
Latin
Original publication date
397
Physical description
338 p.
ISBN
0385029551 / 9780385029551
Pages
338
Other editions
Confessions by Saint Augustine (Hardcover)