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Perfection

Original title: Le perfezioni

by Vincenzo Latronico

Translated from the Italian by Sophie Hughes

Publication: First published 2024 · English translation 2025
ISBN: 9781804271049

International Booker 2025 · Shortlist

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Prize history

International Booker Prize
2025

Shortlist
National Book Award for Translated Literature
2025

Longlist

Year-end lists

The New Yorker, best books of 2025 No. 15

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