Solitude and Other Stories

Arturo Vivante was born in Rome in 1923 and grew up in Italy, England, and Canada. He earned a medical doctorate from the University of Rome in 1949, but left his medical practice in the mid-1950s when his short stories began to be published. Seventy of his short stories have appeared in the New Yorker. He has published two novels, five short-story collections, a book of poetry, essays, translations, and plays. Vivante has received many awards, including Fulbright, N.E.A., and Guggenheim Fellowships. He lives on Cape Cod, MassachusettsVivante, Arturo is the author of 'Solitude and Other Stories', published 2004 under ISBN 9780268043667 and ISBN 0268043663.