Authors, Books, Ideas
A collaboration between the Hellenic Foundation for Book and Culture (HFBC) and the Megaron – Athens Concert Hall, within the Megaron Plus program.
With his novel Perfection (Loggia Editions, Greek translation by Dimitra Dotsi), shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize, the Italian author Vincenzo Latronico explores the world of millennials. His characters—who could just as well be Greek, as they carry the essence of Southern Europe—constantly seek the perfect way of life, akin to the flawless images on Instagram. Will they find it? Or is this ideal lifestyle merely a chimera? Could it lead to some form of redemption?
Vincenzo Latronico will discuss the novel with Nikos Bakounakis, President of the Hellenic Foundation for Book and Culture (HFBC), addressing topics such as literature in the age of social media, literary characters shaped by the Internet generations, authenticity, radicalization, and neoconservatism.
Biography
Vincenzo Latronico (Rome, 1984) lived for several years in Berlin and currently resides in Milan. He is a writer, translator, and art critic. He has translated works by renowned authors such as George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Hanif Kureishi. His texts have appeared in Corriere della Sera and La Stampa, and he is a regular contributor to Internazionale. Perfection, his fourth novel and the first to be translated into Greek (Loggia Editions, translation by Dimitra Dotsi), will be published in more than 29 countries.
After the event, a book signing will take place at the MSHOP, where books by Vincenzo Latronico will be available for purchase.
Italian with Greek interpretation
In collaboration with the Hellenic Foundation for Books and Culture (HFBC)
The lecture series is supported by Bodossaki Lectures on Demand (BLOD), the Bodossaki Foundation’s online lecture library (www.blod.gr).
Watch the lecture online here
