Beniamino Biondi's book on ghost towns has been a huge success in Borgo Bonsignore.

RIBERA. A packed square and enthusiastic applause greeted the presentation of Beniamino Biondi's book "In the Island That Never Was. A Guide to the Ghost Towns of Sicily ," held in Borgo Bonsignore , beneath the historic Torre Littoria. The evocative setting made the event even more intense, attracting a large and enthusiastic audience, a sign of growing interest in themes of memory, rurality, and the island's hidden heritage .

The evening's institutional significance was given by Ribera Mayor Matteo Ruvolo and the Honorable Nenè Mangiacavallo , who accompanied the author in the dialogue with the citizens. Both emphasized the centrality of Borgo Bonsignore as a symbolic place: a rural village that embodies Sicily's struggle between past and future, and which becomes the ideal setting for reflecting on the fate of abandoned communities.

The audience attentively followed the speeches, warmly welcoming Biondi's story, which in the book offers a journey through the region's abandoned villages. His writing, suspended between historical documentation and literary sensibility , describes those places as "talking walls," guardians of a repressed yet still vibrant collective identity.

The choice of the village as the venue for the presentation amplified the book's message, transforming the evening into a true cultural performance. "Promoting rural sites is a commitment our administration feels is a priority," stated Mayor Ruvolo, while the Honorable Mangiacavallo highlighted "the evocative power of a text that establishes a dialogue between the Sicily of yesterday and today."

With this stage, Nell'isola che non c'è confirms its value not only as a literary work, but also as a tool for civil and cultural reflection.

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