by Sandro Veronesi · EDICIONS DEL PERISCOPI · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788417339517
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«El colibrí» is the contemporary novel by Sandro Veronesi, published by Edicions del Periscopi in paperback (344 pages, in Catalan).
The novel follows Marco Carrera, an Italian ophthalmologist marked by tragedy and nostalgia, who struggles to stay on his feet against the blows of fate: great loves, atrocious losses and fatal coincidences. An ironic and sensitive look at human resilience.
Catalan translation by Pau Vidal. Number 50 in the Antípoda collection. Strega Prize 2020.
A novel for readers of contemporary fiction, with a special interest in Italian literature, and for reading clubs.
Sandro Veronesi is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist. After earning a degree in architecture at the University of Florence, he opted for a writing career in his mid to late twenties. Veronesi published his first book at the age of 25, a collection of poetry that has remained his only venture into verse writing. He has since published five novels, three books of essays, one theatrical piece, numerous introductions to novels and collections of essays, interviews, screenplays, and television programs.
