Chekhov on a bench by Miklos Vamos

He was standing around at the edge of the court, till night fell on him.
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Comment Pinocchio apprit à lire by Alberto Manguel

J’ai lu pour la première fois Les Aventures de Pinocchio il y a bien des années… (in french)
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Je m’appelle Nôm by Anna Moï

À l’époque où je vécus, une concubine et fille de concubine nommée Essence de Printemps
vint au monde... (in french) Download the chapter: moi.pdf

La clé du Monde by Philippe Delerm

Nos yeux se posent sur le monde, Notre cœur bat comme bat le monde…(in french) Download the chapter: delerme.pdf

La valeur des mots by Marc Levy

Dans cette ruelle d’un village de nulle part, deux enfants se disputent… (in french)
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Lire en pays dominés by Abdourahman A. Waberi

« Lire et lire, puis écrire et écrire », voilà en deux fois deux mots… (in french)
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L’alphabet de la misère by Gisèle Pineau

Il y a longtemps, j’ai été une maitresse d’école impitoyable. J’avais dix ans … (in french)  Download the chapter: pineau.pdf

L’instituteur by Fatou Diome

Bien sur je me souviens de lui… (in french) Download the chapter: diome.pdf

Moon Palace by Paul Auster

It didn't take me long to get the hang of the wheelchair...
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On the value of Literacy by Scott Momaday

As a poet, I cannot imagine a life without words. Language is the element in which the mind lives, and it is the very basis of human being… 
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Pondeuse de rêves by Wei Wei

Mon nom ? Hou Xialian. Mon âge ? Soixante-sept ans depuis les dernières fleurs des pruniers....(in french) Download the chapter: wei.pdf

Somebody's daughter by Margaret Atwood

Few remember that to learn to read and write is one of the great victories…
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The Image And The Word by Nadine Gordimer

In the beginning was the Word. The Word that was Creation…
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The Power of Words by Banana Yoshimoto

Once I went on a trip with a friend whose mother had just died. She cried every night… Download the chapter: yoshimoto.pdf

To the Young Writer by F. Sionil José

In a moral crisis such as what grips the country today when a handful of…
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