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Presentation of the Book "The Broken Sky" by Fernando Barrejón
From November 19, 2013 until November 29, 2013
On Tuesday, November 12, Casa Árabe and the publisher Suma de Letras invite you to the presentation of this book, which was published with the participation of, in addition to the author, Antonio Manuel Rodríguez Ramos, a legal expert, Pablo Álvarez, the director of Suma de Letras, and Eduardo López Busquets, the General Director of Casa Árabe.
The surrender of Granada’s Nasrid kingdom in the year of 1492 and the handing over of the keys to the city by King Boabdil to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella mark the beginning of a novel which uses fiction to attempt to provide an authentic portrayal of the history of Granada’s Moriscos, as well as their suffering throughout time. This life history encompasses everything from the controversial Capitulations of Santa Fe to the definitive expulsion in 1609 of a people who could do nothing other than comply with the staunch orders of King Felipe III. Yahia, a respected and influential doctor in the kingdom, as well as his direct descendants, are the backbone of this story about Muslims forcibly converted to Catholicism, who never cease to forget or practice deeply rooted beliefs and traditions, even if they must do so in secrecy. The appearance of the Lead Books of the Sacromonte will end up plunging those who become familiar with them into an unexpected adventure, the goal of which is to preserve the sacred heritage leading to harmony between Arabs and Christians.
Fernando Barrejón
Born in Fuente el Fresno (Ciudad Real) in the year of 1946, he completed his Baccalaureate and two years of Philosophy at ecclesiastic institutions in Ciudad Real and Madrid, where his family moved in 1963, and in 1971 he moved to Algeria, when he was named the Librarian/Secretary of the Spanish Cultural Center of Algiers, where he worked for four years. In 1975, back in Madrid again, he worked at the art galleries Rojo y Negro and Galiarte until the year of 1982. It was in the late seventies that he began to feel attracted by Hinduism and the search for answers to his spiritual concerns. His interest in esoterica, Eastern philosophies, yoga, Sufism and the Islamic past of the Iberian Peninsula have led him to travel through Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. In 1987, he left Madrid, and since then he has resided in Andalusia. With great vocational inspiration and deeply rooted literary concerns, he has authored poetry, essays and fiction, especially historical fiction, including titles such as El crisalidario (1978), La Canción de Abu Yusuf (1980), El collar de la loba (1988), Biopoética de la infancia (2008) and now, El cielo roto (The Broken Sky).
