I used to live in Singapore and the copy in the school library there was entitled Vita Brevis . In Texas, I looked everywhere, the school and public libraries, Barnes and Noble, and Bookstop, but to no avail. The librarian even let me search the catalogs she ordered books from, but it wasn't until I visited the online catalog of the Library of Congress that my belief in your book's existence was validated. I didn't dream reading the letter multiple times. Personally, I think Vita Brevis is a better title.
Life is so short.
I'm afraid of becoming sentimental here, because the idea of carpe diem and the unending wonder of existence give me that queer feeling in my heart that Anne Shirley describes in L.M. Montgomery's books. I think that's where the ache comes from, knowing the disparity there is between the way life should be lived and the way life must be lived. So, I have been trying to spread the word about your translation of Floria's letter. I have as yet been rather unsuccessful, but I do my best. The school library now has a copy of it.