{"product_id":"perfection","title":"Perfection","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 2025 International Booker Prize shortlisted novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnna and Tom, an expat couple, have fashioned a dream life for themselves in Berlin. They are young digital creatives exploring the city's possibilities, freelancing with few constraints while filling their apartment with carefully chosen furniture, thriving houseplants, and the quiet rituals of a life curated for both themselves and the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut as the years pass, the shine begins to fade. Friends move away, work grows repetitive, intimacy becomes routine, and even Berlin starts to feel interchangeable with every other creative capital. An attempt to live more ethically ends in uncertainty, and a new life as digital nomads only reveals that, wherever they go, everything looks strangely the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSharp, elegant, and quietly devastating, \u003cem\u003ePerfection\u003c\/em\u003e is a portrait of a generation searching for authenticity in a world shaped by algorithms, aesthetics, and endless choice. Vincenzo Latronico's first novel to appear in English is a brilliant meditation on identity, ambition, and the subtle emptiness that can hide beneath a perfectly curated life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVincenzo Latronico is an Italian novelist, translator, and art critic. Born in Rome in 1984, he has translated the works of authors including George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Hanif Kureishi into Italian. \u003cem\u003ePerfection\u003c\/em\u003e, translated by Sophie Hughes, is his first novel to appear in English and was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. Hughes is an award-winning literary translator whose work has helped introduce many of the most important contemporary Spanish- and Italian-language writers to English readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew York Review Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarch 18, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e136\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Fiction · Fiction in Translation · Contemporary Fiction · Berlin · Relationships · Satire · Expat Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9781681378725\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45223026262198,"sku":"9781681378725","price":22.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781681378725.jpg?v=1782570311","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/perfection","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}