Perugia. A delightful series of ancient Umbrian fairy tales woven around a central story of a boy who nurtures a wounded swallow through the winter until it is recovered for the following spring. The settings for most of these fairy tales is, predictably, not castles, and the protagonists are not princes and princesses. Title: Fiabe umbre ritrovate. Author: Donato Loscalzo. Original illustrations: Mariaelisa Leboroni. Publisher: Xilocart Perugina. Language: Italian. Info: Libreria Bookshop, Via dei Filosofi 18/20 (Perugia), tel. 075.30473, e-mail info@libreriabookshop.com