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Il colibrì

by Sandro Veronesi

Premio Strega · 2020 · Winner
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About This Book

A formally precise novel moving across different time periods following Marco Carrera, an ophthalmologist whose life has been shaped by losses — his sister, his marriage, his daughter — and who somehow survives grief.

About the Author

Sandro VeronesiIT

Sandro Veronesi is an Italian novelist born in 1959 in Prato, Tuscany. He is one of the most acclaimed Italian novelists of his generation and the only writer to have won the Premio Strega twice — in 2006 for Caos calmo (Quiet Chaos) and in 2020 for Il colibrì. He is also the author of essays and cultural commentary and has been an active presence in Italian public life. Read more →

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