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 White Teeth, On Beauty, Swing Time, NW and The Fraud author.
