The Hummingbird : 'Magnificent' (Guardian)

''MAGNIFICENT'' GUARDIAN''A TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT'' FINANCIAL TIMES''INVENTIVE, BOLD, UNEXPECTED'' THE SUNDAY TIMES''Everything that makes the novel worthwhile and engaging is here''Guardian''Not since William Boyd''s Any Human Heart has a novel captured a single life with such invention and tenderness''Financial Times''There is a pleasing sense of having grappled with the real stuff of life: loss, grief, love, desire, pain, uncertainty, confusion, joy, despair - all while having fun''The Sunday Times''Masterly''Ian McEwan''A real masterpiece''Leïla Slimani''A remarkable accomplishment, a true gift to the world''Michael Cunningham''Ardent, gripping, and inventive to the core''Jhumpa LahiriMarco Carrera is ''the hummingbird,'' a man with the almost supernatural ability to stay still as the world around him continues to change.As he navigates the challenges of life - confronting the death of his sister and the absence of his brother; taking care of his parents; raising his granddaughter; coming to terms with his love for the enigmatic Luisa - Marco Carrera comes to represent the quiet heroism that pervades so much of our everyday existence.A surprising and deeply moving reinvention of the family saga, this is a thrilling novel about the need to look to the future with hope and live with intensity to the very end.