The 34th edition of the Book Fair, the largest ever, which closes its doors today, will be remembered for its records.
The visitors, announced in the final press conference Silvio Viale, president of the Torino Città per il Libro association, were 168 thousand, "never so many".
"We won the challenge, not us but the Book Fair", adds Giulio Biino, president of the Circolo dei Lettere, opening the envelope in which he had entered the number of visitors assumed at the beginning of the buchmesse, or 161 thousand.
"This year we welcome the numbers of the Book Fair with emotion and pride. A real explosion of joy".
Thus the city councilor for Culture of Turin, Rosanna Purchia, at the closing press conference of the 34th buchmesse.
"The Salone has now become a symbol of Turin, a wealth, a heritage to be treated with great care - he adds -. The director Nicola Lagioia, the presidents of the Circolo dei Lettere, Giulio Biino, and the Turin City of Book Association are right. , Silvio Viale: we must all work together to preserve and support the quality and beauty of this event, the only one of its kind in Italy ".
"By the autumn we hope to identify the future director. What is certain is that the Salone went very well and that for the future we must do a great job to further increase the quality, also with important investments for a fantastic structure, but that however he is 40 years old ".
So Silvio Viale, president of the Torino Città per il Libro association, during the closing press conference of the 34th edition of the Book Fair.