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'Masterly: a cabinet of curiosities and delights, packed with small wonders' IAN MCEWAN'Pulls off the extraordinary feat of making you believe he is writing for your ears alone' HOWARD JACOBSON'A remarkable accomplishment, a true gift to the world' MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM'Ardent, gripping, and inventive to the core' JHUMPA LAHIRI'A spellbinding experience: clever, funny and deeply moving' RODDY DOYLE'See, Dad? We're off to a very good start. The Man of the Future is a woman'Marco Carrera is 'the hummingbird,' a man with the almost supernatural ability to stay still as the world around him continues to change.As he navigates the challenges of life - confronting the death of his sister and the absence of his brother; taking care of his parents; raising his granddaughter; coming to terms with his love for the enigmatic Luisa - Marco Carrera comes to represent the quiet heroism that pervades so much of our everyday existence.A surprising and deeply moving reinvention of the family saga, this is a thrilling novel about the need to look to the future with hope and live with intensity to the very end.
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The Hummingbird, Sandro Veronesi
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2021
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- Titolo
- The Hummingbird
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Sandro Veronesi
- Editore
- Orion
- Pubblicato
- 2021
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 304
- ISBN10
- 1474617476
- ISBN13
- 9781474617475
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Narrativa contemporanea, Morte, Europa Meridionale, Italia, Romanzi sociali, Letteratura Italiana, Romanzi psicologici, Destino, Ricerca del senso della vita, Destini umani
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2019
- Titolo originale
- Il colibri
- Valutazione
- 3,8 su 5
- Descrizione
- 'Masterly: a cabinet of curiosities and delights, packed with small wonders' IAN MCEWAN'Pulls off the extraordinary feat of making you believe he is writing for your ears alone' HOWARD JACOBSON'A remarkable accomplishment, a true gift to the world' MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM'Ardent, gripping, and inventive to the core' JHUMPA LAHIRI'A spellbinding experience: clever, funny and deeply moving' RODDY DOYLE'See, Dad? We're off to a very good start. The Man of the Future is a woman'Marco Carrera is 'the hummingbird,' a man with the almost supernatural ability to stay still as the world around him continues to change.As he navigates the challenges of life - confronting the death of his sister and the absence of his brother; taking care of his parents; raising his granddaughter; coming to terms with his love for the enigmatic Luisa - Marco Carrera comes to represent the quiet heroism that pervades so much of our everyday existence.A surprising and deeply moving reinvention of the family saga, this is a thrilling novel about the need to look to the future with hope and live with intensity to the very end.