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 challengessuffering the death of his sister and the absence of his brother; caring for his elderly parents; raising his granddaughter when her mother, Marco’s own child, is no longer capable; loving an enigmatic womanMarco carries on with a noble stoicism that belies an intensity for living. As the years pass and the arc of his life bends, Marco finds himself filled with joy for the future as the baton passes from him to the next generation.

A beautiful and compelling journey through time told in myriad narrative styles,The Hummingbirdis a story of suffering, happiness, loss, love, and hopeof a man who embodies the quiet heroism that defines daily life for countless ordinary folk. A thrilling novel about the need to look to the future with hope and live with intensity to the very end, Sandro Veronesis masterpieceeminently readable, rich in insight, and filled with interesting twists and revelationsis a portrait of human existence, the vicissitudes and vagaries that propel and ultimately define us

Translated from the Italian by Elena Pala