1999 film by Pedro Almodóvar

2004 film directed by Pedro Almodóvar

2002 film by Pedro Almodóvar

2007 Spanish-Mexican horror film directed by Juan Antonio Bayona

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.

Beginning in the year 711 and continuing for nearly a thousand years, the Islamic presence survived in Spain, at times flourishing, and at other times dwindling into warring fiefdoms. But the culture and science thereby brought to Spain, including long-buried knowledge from Greece, largely forgotten during Europe's Dark Ages, was to have an enduring impact on the country as it emerged into the modern era. In this gracefully written history, Richard Fletcher reveals the Moorish culture in all its fascinating disparity and gives us history at its best: here is vivid storytelling by a renowned scholar.

本书通过亲身游历和直接体验西班牙所遗留的古代阿拉伯文化遗产，以及对于古代摩尔人在西班牙的王朝兴替等历史史迹和阿拉伯相关优秀文学遗产的翻译和解读，作者把对西班牙南部历史名城"赭城"的游历变成了一次旅途中的旅途，从现实中的地理的旅行进入了历史与文化的深层文本旅行。并配以相关精美的艺术与历史遗迹的图片，使得本书成了一场活色生香的文字的盛宴。作者少年即负诗名，文字精致老到，译笔(包括散文和诗歌)天衣无缝。实为文字之美的生动展示。