Contents

One Afternoon in Granada

The Carmen of Our Serendipity

The Time Travels of a Garden

Where Walking Is Like Flying

Al-Andalus: Notes on a Hidden, Lustrous, Indispensable Era

Al-Andalus and 1492: the Plate Tectonics of History

A Few Notions of Geometry and Revelation

The Lucid Work of Love and Helpfulness

On Flamenco, Poetry, Genius, and Murder

The Secret in the Labyrinth

RECOMMENDED READING AND LISTENING

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY