In Spain, 75% of 13-year-old secondary school students do not pass the “basic” level, says Juan Carlos Gómez. The more children and adolescents read, the broader their general culture is, he says.
Reading novels also strongly structures our emotional and social skills, says GóMEZ. When I look up the meaning of the word betrayal in a dictionary, I understand what it means, but when I read Madame Bovary I experience it from the point of view of both the view of the betrayer and the betrayeder.