COMUNICACIÓN Y PRENSA

The Voice of the Alhambra is a book of reference in order to understand and love the written poems in the walls of one of the most beautiful palatial complex of the world. The Arabist Emilio de Santiago has translated them again, guided by his deep knowledge in Arabic poetry and of all that involves the Alhambra.
The result is a fundamental book for every person that wants to enter this unique place, where the written verses come back to life between the stones sculpted by the Nasrid art. Emilio de Santiago invites us to listen to the poetry of a time that is still present between us.
The book is illustrated by the delicate outlines of the painter Juan Vida and prefaced by the writer Antonio Muñoz Molina that, among other aspects stands out what follows: “There are many books that teach you to look at the Alhambra: that I know, only this one of Emilio de Santiago teaches us to listen to it”.
Emilio de Santiago (Granada, 1946) is a Doctor in Semitic Philology; it has been teacher of the Semitic Studies Department of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the University of Granada; member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Granada and member of the Royal Academy of San Fernando’s Fine Arts of Madrid. He is an author, furthermore, of several scientific publications, poetry and press articles.