The longlist of contenders for the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature, announced today via The New Yorker, includes Vincenzo Latronico's Perfection, published by New York Review Books in March. Perfection, whose acerbity and grammatical precision are skillfully rendered in Sophie Hughes's translation from the Italian, also earned a spot on the International Booker Prize Shortlist earlier this year.
Vincenzo Latronico's 'Perfection' included in 2025 National Book Award longlist
