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"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 McEwanThe #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.