diff --git a/python/src/io.rs b/python/src/io.rs
index c3032990..681a25fa 100644
--- a/python/src/io.rs
+++ b/python/src/io.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use oxigraph::io::{
 use pyo3::exceptions::{PyIOError, PySyntaxError, PyValueError};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::PyBytes;
-use pyo3::wrap_pyfunction;
+use pyo3::{intern, wrap_pyfunction};
+use std::cmp::max;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, BufRead, BufReader, BufWriter, Cursor, Read, Write};
@@ -282,17 +283,22 @@ impl Write for PyWritable {
 pub struct PyIo(PyObject);
 
 impl Read for PyIo {
-    fn read(&mut self, mut buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
+            if buf.is_empty() {
+                return Ok(0);
+            }
+            let to_read = max(1, buf.len() / 4); // We divide by 4 because TextIO works with number of characters and not with number of bytes
             let read = self
                 .0
-                .call_method(py, "read", (buf.len(),), None)
+                .as_ref(py)
+                .call_method1(intern!(py, "read"), (to_read,))
                 .map_err(to_io_err)?;
             let bytes = read
-                .extract::<&[u8]>(py)
-                .or_else(|e| read.extract::<&str>(py).map(str::as_bytes).map_err(|_| e))
+                .extract::<&[u8]>()
+                .or_else(|e| read.extract::<&str>().map(str::as_bytes).map_err(|_| e))
                 .map_err(to_io_err)?;
-            buf.write_all(bytes)?;
+            buf[..bytes.len()].copy_from_slice(bytes);
             Ok(bytes.len())
         })
     }
@@ -302,16 +308,17 @@ impl Write for PyIo {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
             self.0
-                .call_method(py, "write", (PyBytes::new(py, buf),), None)
+                .as_ref(py)
+                .call_method1(intern!(py, "write"), (PyBytes::new(py, buf),))
                 .map_err(to_io_err)?
-                .extract::<usize>(py)
+                .extract::<usize>()
                 .map_err(to_io_err)
         })
     }
 
     fn flush(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
         Python::with_gil(|py| {
-            self.0.call_method(py, "flush", (), None)?;
+            self.0.as_ref(py).call_method0(intern!(py, "flush"))?;
             Ok(())
         })
     }
diff --git a/python/tests/test_io.py b/python/tests/test_io.py
index 5dda57ca..e7519f5d 100644
--- a/python/tests/test_io.py
+++ b/python/tests/test_io.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, TemporaryFile
 from pyoxigraph import Literal, NamedNode, Quad, Triple, parse, serialize
 
 EXAMPLE_TRIPLE = Triple(
-    NamedNode("http://example.com/foo"), NamedNode("http://example.com/p"), Literal("1")
+    NamedNode("http://example.com/foo"),
+    NamedNode("http://example.com/p"),
+    Literal("éù"),
 )
 EXAMPLE_QUAD = Quad(
     NamedNode("http://example.com/foo"),
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ EXAMPLE_QUAD = Quad(
 class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_parse_file(self) -> None:
         with NamedTemporaryFile() as fp:
-            fp.write(b'<foo> <p> "1" .')
+            fp.write('<foo> <p> "éù" .'.encode())
             fp.flush()
             self.assertEqual(
                 list(parse(fp.name, "text/turtle", base_iri="http://example.com/")),
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             list(
                 parse(
-                    StringIO('<foo> <p> "1" .'),
+                    StringIO('<foo> <p> "éù" .'),
                     "text/turtle",
                     base_iri="http://example.com/",
                 )
@@ -41,11 +43,23 @@ class TestParse(unittest.TestCase):
             [EXAMPLE_TRIPLE],
         )
 
+    def test_parse_long_str_io(self) -> None:
+        self.assertEqual(
+            list(
+                parse(
+                    StringIO('<foo> <p> "éù" .\n' * 1024),
+                    "text/turtle",
+                    base_iri="http://example.com/",
+                )
+            ),
+            [EXAMPLE_TRIPLE] * 1024,
+        )
+
     def test_parse_bytes_io(self) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(
             list(
                 parse(
-                    BytesIO(b'<foo> <p> "1" .'),
+                    BytesIO('<foo> <p> "éù" .'.encode()),
                     "text/turtle",
                     base_iri="http://example.com/",
                 )
@@ -75,15 +89,16 @@ class TestSerialize(unittest.TestCase):
         output = BytesIO()
         serialize([EXAMPLE_TRIPLE], output, "text/turtle")
         self.assertEqual(
-            output.getvalue(),
-            b'<http://example.com/foo> <http://example.com/p> "1" .\n',
+            output.getvalue().decode(),
+            '<http://example.com/foo> <http://example.com/p> "éù" .\n',
         )
 
     def test_serialize_to_file(self) -> None:
         with NamedTemporaryFile() as fp:
             serialize([EXAMPLE_TRIPLE], fp.name, "text/turtle")
             self.assertEqual(
-                fp.read(), b'<http://example.com/foo> <http://example.com/p> "1" .\n'
+                fp.read().decode(),
+                '<http://example.com/foo> <http://example.com/p> "éù" .\n',
             )
 
     def test_serialize_io_error(self) -> None: