Is titled Imaginary lifefrom a book by Natalia Ginzburg, the 36th edition of the International Book Fair to be held from 9 to 13 May to the Turin ingot and which sees the writer and journalist at the helm for the first year Annalena Benini. From the main program and the OFF program (which celebrates 20 years this year), we have selected 15 appointmentsincluding concerts, meditation lessons, tributes to writers, book presentations and lectio magistralis.
Thursday 9 May
Luciana Littizzetto talks with the girls and boys of the Calvino primary school in Turin.
Lightness: a serious story! What is love? How many families are there? How are babies made? What do girls and boys want for their future and how much do adults really listen to their needs? Littizzetto tries to answer starting from some illustrated books that deal with serious topics in a fun way. For the little ones.
Inaugural lesson Elizabeth Strout. The memories, the meetings, the books of his youth and the effort of writing, the insatiable curiosity and the irony in the coming-of-age story of one of the most important voices in contemporary American literature.
On Friday 10 May, at 5pm, the author will present her latest novel, Lucy in front of the sea (Einaudi) in the Sala Azzurra with Marco Balzano and Susanna Basso.
Friday 10 May
The professor Alessandro Barbero tells «The imaginary story». The past has been told from many different points of view: by witnesses and chroniclers, by historians and novelists. A journey through the centuries, between events and protagonists, in the mirror of imaginary history.
After many years, the cult cartoonist Zero limestone he returns to tell his family in When you die, it remains with me (Bao Publishing), which begins with a car trip with his father to a small village in the Veneto region where the author asks himself many of the unanswered questions of childhood.
The sisters Amélie and Juliette Nothombwith Nadia Terranova, talk about their respective books, Psychopomp And Praise of the Horse (Voland). At the age of eight, Juliette fell in love with horses. Amèlie prefers birds, especially if they are in flight. If Juliette recounts her childhood with her sister, Amèlie instead focuses on a trauma from her adolescence: abuse suffered and the saving power of writing.
Giving voice to James Balwin. Lavinia Azzone, Anna Maria Gehnyei, Angelo Pezzana, Saif ur Rehman Raja and Igiaba Scego pay homage to the important American author, voice of the African-American community and singer of passions and rights, of Giovanni's room And Next time the fire in the centenary year of his birth. The meeting is part of the marathon of events «One hundred years of love and struggle» promoted by Fandango Libri.
Salman Rushdiein dialogue with Roberto Saviano, presents his new book Knife. Meditations after an attempted assassination (Mondadori) where he relives for the first time the traumatic events that involved him in the attack of 12 August 2022 and where he tells, above all, what happened afterwards: the complicated path towards physical recovery and healing made possible by love and support from his wife Eliza, family, doctors, physiotherapists and community of readers around the world.
Michela Murgia loved the Salone, the Salone loves Michela Murgia: the voice of the most lucid and passionate intellectual of our times returns to visit us, through that of the writers who loved her. With Maurizio De Giovanni, Alessandro Giammei, Valeria Parrella, Roberto Saviano, Chiara Tagliaferri and Chiara Valerio.
Luca Morino – DeWest in concert present live for the first time DeWestthe new album with an enveloping sound dubbed “voodoo”: cinematic, with large spaces, but also ritual, sacred and profane at the same time. Here tickets.
Saturday 11 May
Learning to breathe: a session meditation hosted by Phap Ban inspired by the text The blossoming of a lotus of the Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. The event is free, but registration is required here.
Read Parade 2024 – Reading makes its way. The Read Parade brings literature back to the center of public space: a float, with a DJ set by Stefania Vos and Giorgio Valletta, starts from the Lingotto and crosses the city to reach the Murazzi in a free and festive atmosphere, alternating music and readings in German and Italian. Arrival at Murazzi del Po at 7pm. With Laura Cwiertnia, Chiara Galeazzi, Lin Hierse, Anja Kampmann, Vincenzo Latronico, Tom Muller, Veronica Raimo. Information: [email protected]
Tribute to Natalia Ginzburg, with Domenico Scarpa and Jasmine Trinca. After Family lexiconNatalia Ginzburg delivered her intimate lexicon in Imaginary life where, with a clear, assertive, thoughtful voice, the writer opens up her life from childhood to old age. A lesson by Domenico Scarpa with readings by Jasmine Trinca to discover “talking at night” and get to know “us”, bringing out something essential about our nocturnal side.
Sunday 12 May
The Japanese writer Murata Sayakafor the first time in Italy, presents his latest collection of short stories Parties and murders (Edizioni e/o) set in the Tokyo of an unspecified future which portrays a society governed by rules very different from those of our world. With Irene Graziosi.
The Turkish Nobel Prize Orhan Pamuk presents, with Annachiara Sacchi, his Memories of distant mountains (Einaudi), a book in which he collected the notebooks which, for over ten years, he has filled daily with words, drawings and reflections, giving life to an extraordinary composition which he reveals to his readers for the first time.
Monday 13 May
Abelconcert by Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco closes the Salone Off with the world premiere of Abel Concert. The Turin writer will go on stage together with three musicians (Cesare Picco, Roberto Tarasco, Nicola Tescari) to read and “play” 7 chapters of his latest book Abel (Feltrinelli). It is one of the events with which the Holden School celebrates its first 30 years of life in 2024.
Source: Vanity Fair
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