?The Hummingbird is a remarkable accomplishment, a true gift to the world.? ?Michael Cunningham ?Long considered one of Italy's leading writers, Sandro Veronesi has re- written the family saga. Ardent, gripping, and inventive to the core, it has already been hailed a classic.??Jhumpa Lahiri "The Hummingbird is a masterly novel, a brilliantly conceived mosaic of love and tragedy."?Ian McEwan The #1 international sensation from a master of European literature?winner of Italy's Premio Strega?a saga of a Florentine family from the 1960s to the present that brilliantly captures the power of history and the multi-faceted experience of life itself as it explores how we contend with uncontrollable forces that both buffet and buoy us. Marco Carrera is ?the hummingbird,? a man with an almost supernatural ability to remain still amid the chaos of an ever-changing world. Though his life is rife with emotional challenges?suffering the death of his sister and the absence of his brother; caring for his elderly