Las palabras de Serrat

To commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the birth of Joan Manuel Serrat, Luis García Gil, the greatest expert in his work, has prepared this extraordinary dictionary that compiles many of the words included in his songbook. Terms that, sometimes, we hear for the first time in his voice and that are already the heritage of several generations of listeners on both sides of the Atlantic. Serrat's words proposes an itinerary through the most unique words in his songs, which allows us to better understand his poetics and the world that he displays in his compositions. An approach that reveals, with precision and detail, his careful and cultured language, recovering forgotten or no longer used expressions and that, at the same time, remains attached to the street and the popular. Serrat's richness in the use of language -and also writing in two languages, Spanish and Catalan- is worthy of praise, and García Gil's approach multiplies his complicit game with the reader, approaching an almost infinite work that continues to surprise us in each listen through its multiple and suggestive nooks. The reader can enter this dictionary by browsing it from beginning to end or at random, looking for a word that attracts them or that they have memorized without knowing its meaning. Here he will find its meaning, the context and the Serratian hints of each concept, thus reconstructing the keys to a monumental songbook that remains alive and of which we still have many secrets to discover.