Download or read book Fifty Days of Solitude written by Doris Grumbach and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1995-11-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book Faced with a rare opportunity to experiment with solitude, Doris Grumbach decided to live in her coastal Maine home without speaking to anyone for fifty days. The result is a beautiful meditation about what it means to write, to be alone, and to come to terms with mortality.