International Literature Festival Dublin
Dublin’s annual celebration of the best of Irish and international literary talent
Where Reality Lies
Vincenzo Latronico in conversation wih Naoise Dolan
Seen through the eyes of two Berlin-based hipsters, Vincenzo Latronico’s International Booker Prize 2025 longlisted novel Perfection astutely skewers contemporary privilege and the disparity between social media and real life.
Location :
In-PersonAge :
18+Date :
Fri 16 MayTime :
18:00Venue :
Merrion Square – Merrion Square Park - SyngePrice :
€12/€10“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” Stephen King
Seen through the eyes of two Berlin-based hipsters, Vincenzo Latronico’s International Booker Prize 2025 longlisted novel Perfection astutely skewers contemporary privilege and the disparity between social media and real life.
Translated by Sophie Hughes, Perfection is Vincenzo Latronico’s fourth novel. He joins ILFD to discuss the art of fiction, and why writing is about breaking things in order to put them back together again. Vincenzo Latronico is an art critic who has also translated George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Hanif Kureishi into Italian. He contributes to frieze, Corriere della Sera and La Stampa and Internazionale.
In conversation with author Naoise Dolan.