The Shore of Sorrows

11 hrs. 41 min.

Language Russian

Author Daniela Raimondi

Narrator Svetlana Kotova

Description

In the late autumn of the last year of the 18th century, a gypsy camp arrived in the small Italian town of Stellata on the banks of the Po River, and the beautiful gypsy woman Violka stole the heart of forty-year-old bachelor Giacomo Casadio. Despite resistance from both families, the lovers married—but one day Violka decided to draw cards to learn what the future holds. And the cards predicted a terrible tragedy awaiting someone among their descendants…

In this poignant story, truth and fiction, reality and magic are intertwined. It spans two centuries of Italian history—from Garibaldi’s struggle to unite the country to the terrorism and social upheavals of the 1970s. This unusual blend of mysticism, romance, and realism makes you empathize, hope, and, together with heroes from different eras, try to find and understand the meaning of human life.