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Vincenzo Latronico

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Rome, Italy

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Nasce a Roma e si laurea in Filosofia all'Università degli studi di Milano con Paolo Valore (con una tesi riguardo agli argomenti ontologici a sostegno dell'esistenza di Dio). Lavora come traduttore a opere di P. G. Wodehouse, Hanif Kureishi (con Ivan Cotroneo), Daniel Spoerri, A.R. Ammons, Max Beerbohm, Francis Scott Fitzgerald e Rudolf Carnap (con Renato Pettoello).

Nel 2008 pubblica il romanzo d'esordio Ginnastica e Rivoluzione (Bompiani), cui segue La cospirazione delle colombe (Bompiani 2011).

Sempre per Bompiani ha pubblicato, nel giugno 2009, un testo teatrale: Linee guida sulla ferocia, con Rosella Postorino e Chiara Valerio. In inglese ha pubblicato i libri Remedies to the absence of Reiner Ruthenbeck (Archive Books, 2011) (tradotto ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 45,847 ratings · 7,806 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors

	Millenovecentoottantaquattro by George Orwell, Vincenzo Latronico (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 5,582,724 ratings — published 1948 — 3617 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La fattoria degli animali by George Orwell, Vincenzo Latronico (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 4,652,095 ratings — published 1945 — 1480 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, Sophie Hughes (Translator) 3.70 avg rating — 42,132 ratings — published 2022 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La chiave di Berlino 3.63 avg rating — 367 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La cospirazione delle colombe 3.63 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La mentalità dell'alveare 3.17 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ginnastica e rivoluzione 2.93 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La rivoluzione è in pausa 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narciso nelle colonie - Un altro viaggio in Etiopia by Vincenzo Latronico, Armin Linke (Fotografo) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Working for Paradise: Tre storie sul lavoro by Vincenzo Latronico, Rossella Postorino, Chiara Valerio 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Anna and Tom had grown up with the notion that individuality manifested itself as a set of visual differences, immediately decodable and in constant need of updating”
― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection

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“They all spent their lives in plant-filled apartments and cafes with excellent wifi. In the long run it was inevitable they would convince themselves that nothing else existed.”
― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection

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“Their intellectual horizon was therefore largely formed from headlines in the Guardian or the New York Times, which happened to be the same newspapers their Greek, Dutch and Belgian friends read. In their world, Barack Obama’s speeches and high school shootings existed far more vividly than the laws passed just a few U-Bahn stations away, or the refugees drowning two hours’ flight south.”
― Vincenzo Latronico, Perfection

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Poll will stay open until December ~~23rd~~ 27th . Thanks to all who nominated and good luck.

Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury by Sigrid Nunez

5 votes, 31.3%

Perfection
by Vincenzo Latronico

4 votes, 25.0%

Time Shifters by Shanna Lauffey

4 votes, 25.0%

Good Dog. Stay. by Anna Quindlen

3 votes, 18.8%

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