Turin Book Fair kicks off with Zadie Smith and Baricco, Grossman among the big names

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 12 - British writer Zadie Smith will deliver the inaugural lecture "Everything was extreme. And it's still like that. A reflection on adolescence" on Thursday May 14th, opening this year's Turin Book Fair as Alessandro Baricco also appears and where Israeli writer David Grossman will later be one of the biggest draws. This 38th edition focuses on "The World Saved by Kids," based on Elsa Morante's 1968 book. "If my teenage self saw me today, she'd be disgusted!" says the Whi...

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