Perfection: A Novel by Vincenzo Latronico (Translated by Sophie Hughes) (3/18/25)

A scathing, provocative novel about contemporary existence by a rising star in Italian literature."One of Europe's most talented young writers, Latronico has written the great Berlin novel we've all been waiting for." -Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker staff journalist Millennial expat couple Anna and Tom are living the dream in Berlin, in a bright, plant-filled apartment in Neukölln. They are young digital creatives, freelancers without too many constraints. They have a passion for food, progressive politics, sexual experimentation, and Berlin's twenty-four-hour party scene. Their ideal existence is also that of an entire generation, lived out on Instagram, but outside the images they create for themselves, dissatisfaction and ennui burgeon. Their work as graphic designers becomes repetitive. Friends move back home, have children, grow up. An attempt at political activism during the refugee crisis proves fruitless. And in that picture-perfect life Anna and Tom feel increasingly trapped,