Perfection

Vincenzo Latronico

£12.99

With the stylistic mastery of Georges Perec and nihilism of Michel Houellebecq, Perfection, translated by Sophie Hughes, is a sociological novel about the emptiness of contemporary existence, beautifully written, brilliantly scathing.

Paperback

Fiction > Fiction in translation

ISBN: 9781804271049

Published February 2025 by Fitzcarraldo Editions

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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, yearning for an authenticity and a sense of purpose that seem perennially just out of their grasp.

 

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Weight 0.4 kg
Dimensions 19 × 12 × 3 cm