Does the Good Life have to mean perfection?

Show notes

In this episode Dr. Robert Keeling @rokeeling and Sabine Pusch @spuschkin talk to the Italian author Vincenzo Latronico @v.latronico about his highly acclaimed novel "Perfection" which was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. The novel describes the seemingly perfect life of a foreign couple in gentrified Berlin. The podcast discusses how Berlin has changed since Covid and the different ways in which the controversial topic of gentrification and urban change in Berlin can be approached.

A production by difgl – German Institute for the Good Life Executive Producer: Christoph Henseler, Katja Anclam

Hosts: Dr. Robert Keeling and Sabine Pusch Editor: Dr. Kerstin Lücker Sound production: Sasha Polivanov Music: Sebastian Winter Graphics: Ralf Henning, Greta Laux