Antonio Galetta was born in Ceglie Messapica, Puglia in 1998. He studied Italian literature and is currently undertaking doctoral research on the contemporary novel. His work explores power, politics and collective behaviour, through formally innovative narrative voices rooted in southern Italian settings.Antonella Lettieri is London-based translator working into English and Italian and collaborates regularly with Foundry Editions. In 2026 Antonella won the TA First Translation Prize from the Society of Authors for her translation of Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone. Antonella also translated *The Duke*, longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026.

A finely crafted portrait of contemporary Italy in miniature, which for all its darkness, ultimately reads as a kind of prayer.”

Antonio Galetta was born in Ceglie Messapica, Puglia in 1998. He studied Italian literature and is currently undertaking doctoral research on the contemporary novel. His work explores power, politics and collective behaviour, through formally innovative narrative voices rooted in southern Italian settings.Antonella Lettieri is London-based translator working into English and Italian and collaborates regularly with Foundry Editions. In 2026 Antonella won the TA First Translation Prize from the Society of Authors for her translation of Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone. Antonella also translated *The Duke*, longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026.

A finely crafted portrait of contemporary Italy in miniature, which for all its darkness, ultimately reads as a kind of prayer.”

Antonio Galetta was born in Ceglie Messapica, Puglia in 1998. He studied Italian literature and is currently undertaking doctoral research on the contemporary novel. His work explores power, politics and collective behaviour, through formally innovative narrative voices rooted in southern Italian settings.Antonella Lettieri is London-based translator working into English and Italian and collaborates regularly with Foundry Editions. In 2026 Antonella won the TA First Translation Prize from the Society of Authors for her translation of Your Little Matter by Maria Grazia Calandrone. Antonella also translated *The Duke*, longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026.

A finely crafted portrait of contemporary Italy in miniature, which for all its darkness, ultimately reads as a kind of prayer.”