WINGS of DESIRE
Sandro Veronesi’s THE HUMMINGBIRD (W&N, $37.99) is a clever, comedic and highly entertaining Italian novel (translated by Elena Pala) from the very beginning.
A visit from his wife’s therapist throws a spanner into the life of Dr Marco Carrera, a man whose purpose, he’s been told, is to be a hummingbird: agile and beautiful, small for his size, remaining still as life goes on around him.
And life certainly throws some challenges at him over the years: a sister commits suicide when he’s in his teens; his parents have a seriously rocky marriage; his wife leaves him and their
