by Roberto Casalini · Il Ponte Vecchio · tapa dura · ISBN 9788883129445
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«Borgo Ombroso» is Roberto Casalini's collection of short stories, published by Il Ponte Vecchio in hardcover (152 pages, in Italian).
Set in Borgo Ombroso, an imaginary town in Romagna, the book brings together stories about its inhabitants: a philosopher, a parish priest, women of great beauty, desperate lovers and rogues who move between everyday life and mystery. The author bids them farewell with tenderness, evoking nostalgia for a vanished village.
Published in 2009, it is part of the Romandíola series. Its full title is «Borgo Ombroso. Novelle di una città perduta nel cuore della Romagna».
For readers of contemporary Italian fiction and fans of short stories with a rural, nostalgic setting.
