LiberSila in Short!
LiberSila: a “Breath of Freedom” that will take you across the world like never before.
With 73 short stories blending reality and imagination, along with drawings from his travel diaries, Christophe Perreault invites you into a truly unique reading experience.
A journey that is:
- sensory and cultural, through the discovery of 28 languages, the beauty of their sound and scripts, and moving illustrations,
- immersive, where you choose what comes next at the end of each story,
- emotional, inviting you to reflect on what connects us beyond the borders of the 51 countries explored.
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The guiding thread of LIBERSILA
Each of the 73 stories is built around the following principle:
1. The emotional journey
LiberSila unfolds through 7 emotional journeys
Recognizing happiness
Striving for a better world
Running toward one’s destiny
Facing
adversity
Dreaming while awake
Exploring
the world
Listening
to nature
2. Reference points
Key elements related to each story: its location, the worldview associated with it, and the local language.
3. The story in French
French translation
4. The story in the local language
The local language highlighted, along with a phonetic transcription (an approximate representation of how the words are pronounced in the original language)
5. Illustration
An illustration by the author (a hand-drawn piece with a touch of watercolor). Key words from the text in the local language are often incorporated.
6. The next step in your journey
At the end of each story, the reader chooses what comes next.
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01 The Call of the Open Sea
Το Κάλεσμα της Θάλασσας
Greek
02 The Magic of Languages
La magie des langues
French
03 Good Night, Leila
لَيْلَةٌ سَعِيدَةٌ يَا لَيْلَ
Arabic
04 The Voice of the Blues
The voice of the blues
English
Video, Son
05 Blessed Are Those Who Give
주는 자가 행복하다
Korean
06 Draw Me a Smile
Нарисуй мне улыбку
Russian
07 The Children’s Cry
孩子的呼喊
Chinese
08 The Market of Happiness
El mercado de la felicidad
Spanish
09 I Love You
ངས་ཁྱེད་ལ་དགའ་བ་ཡོད།
Tibetan
10 Come Join the Feast, My Friend Cholesterol!
Viens faire la fête, compère Cholestérol !
French
11 My Life Is Samba
Minha vida é samba
Portuguese
12 My Family, My Greatest Wealth
عائلتي هي أغلى ثروة
Arabic
13 The Music of Revolution
La música de la Revolución
Spanish
14 One Sheep, Two Sheep
One sheep, two sheep
English
15 The Rose and the Desert
گل و بیابان
Persian
16 When There Is No Money Left
Когда денег больше нет
Russian
17 Stand Up, Africa!
Stand up, Africa!
English
18 What I Want for My Children
Apa yang kuinginkan untuk anak-anakku
Indonesian
19 Misery and Canapés
Misère et petits fours
French
20 Berlin in the Morning
Berlin am Morgen
German
21 To You, Whom We Do Not See
A ti que no te vemos
Spanish
22 Knowledge Will Prevail
ዕውቀት ያሸንፋል
Amharic
23 The Spirit of Truth
Дух істини
Ukrainian
24 When the Road Ends
Cuando se termina la carretera
Spanish
25 The Game of Life
生命的游戏
Chinese
26 The Cleaner of the 1900
Người quét dọn ở 1900
Vietnamese
27 Tomorrow I Will Be Your Wife
Tomorrow, I will be your wife
English
28 At the World’s Café
Au café du monde
French
29 The Wave of My Life
La ola de mi vida
Spanish
30 The Old Man’s Dream
حلم الشيخ العجوز
Arabic
31 The Eternal Flame
The eternal flame
English
32 The Moment of Choice
Valets stund
Swedish
33 The Sick Child’s Teddy Bear
L’ourson du malade
French
34 Mrs Twick’s Little Sausage
Mrs Twick’s little sausage
English
35 Pain
Боль
Russian
36 To the Children of War
إلى أطفال الحرب / לכם, ילדי המלחמה
Arabic, Hebrew
37 The Silence After the Haka
Te Māharahara i muri i te Haka
Maori
38 I Had a Nightmare
I had a nightmare
English
39 Give Me One Last Kiss of Love
Dame un último beso de amor
Spanish
40 Where Is My Child?
ลูกฉันอยู่ที่ไหน
Thai
41 The Kamikaze’s Tear
دمعة الانتحاري
Arabic
42 The Last Fight
Le dernier combat
French
43 Spices and Wonders
Viungo na Maajabu
Swahili
44 Give Me a Minute to Fix the World
Дайте мне минуточку…
Russian
45 The Mask of Venice
La maschera di Venezia
Italian
46 The Cypresses of New York
The cypresses of New York
English
47 The Awakening of the Terracotta Army
兵马俑的苏醒
Chinese
48 What Warmth in the Cold!
¡Qué calor en este frío!
Spanish
49 Being Born in Space
在太空中诞生
Chinese
50 The Parrots of Barcelona
Los papagayos de Barcelona
Spanish
51 Listen, Listen
Écoute, écoute
French
52 An Endless Day
日の終わりなき日
Japanese
53 Stalin at McDonald’s
Сталин в Мак Доналдсе
Russian
54 The Voice of the Far North
ᓂᐱᖓ ᐊᕐᕕᖅᑐᒥ
Inuktitut
55 The Little Waves of Essaouira
الأمواج الصغيرة في الصويرة
Arabic
56 A Song for the Ganges
गंगा के लिए एक गीत
Hindi
57 Under the Dogon Sky
Sò tɛ́nú Dogon
Dogon
58 The Lantern of Shanghai
上海的灯笼
Chinese
59 Tomorrow Will Be Freezing
Demain sera frette
French
60 Kansas City in My Memory
Kansas City in my memory
English
61 Siberian Hockey
Сибирь хоккея
Russian
62 Where East Meets West
Doğu ile Batı’nın Buluşması
Turkish
63 The Child of Lake Titicaca
El niño del lago Titicaca
Spanish
64 Colors
Couleurs
French
65 Your Bonsai in Bloom
你的盆景开花了
Chinese
66 When the Sun Rises
როდესაც მზე ამოდის
Georgian
67 The Blue Planet
El planeta azul
Spanish
68 Before Climbing Ayers Rock
Before climbing the Ayers Rock
English
69 The Wondrous Catch
奇妙的捕鱼
Chinese
70 The Sound of Rain
صوت المطر
Arabic
71 Don’t Touch My Tree
Não toque na minha árvore
Portuguese
72 Facing the Mountain
Face à la montagne
French
73 The Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Вулканы Камчатки
Russian