Rippling Points - Bonus Content with Vincenzo Latronico - Berlin, Italian novels, and on being translated into English

"Being published in English is a big milestone..."

Vincenzo Latronico is here to talk about his first novel translated into English - PERFECTION, published by Fitzcarraldo editions and translated from the Italian by Sophie Hughes.

Welcome to Rippling Points, more content insights and inspiration into the craft of literature:

- How and why he set his novel in Berlin, or why locations don't become so important for the novel

- The global market of translation and the pleasure of being translated into English

Vincenzo is one of the most distinguished novelists writing in Italian today. He has also translated many books into Italian, by authors such as George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hanif Kureishi.

In PERFECTION, there’s something missing from Anna and Tom’s life, and they can’t quite put their finger on what it is that is missing. It drives them to impatience and to the point of leaving their apartment in Berlin. But is it merely an itch they cannot scratch, or does it relate to a deeper lack of authenticity that strikes their core?

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