Would it have been published if the author had been someone like you and me? Hell, no! But this is the era of celebrity culture and even a special musician-poet-composer-singer like Calcanhotto falls into the category these days. She is the author and performer of dozens of hits sung by crowds at concerts, heard on the soundtracks of the most popular tv shows, played on radio and streaming platforms. Adriana chronicled her adventures on tour in the book Saga Lusa (Portuguese Saga), in which she shares her memoirs of the Portuguese section of this tour. Sounds what, lame? But it was really entertaining, although far from high-art. With a three decades spanning career and 19 albums released, Adriana Calcanhotto is one of the most popular and respected singers and songwriters in Brazil. The book reads like a long, addictive, gigantic personal e-mail, or a long diatribe against the flu virus and anti-inflammatory pills. The irony, or coincidence, or fate, or destiny - I never quite knew the difference between all these - was that the story was about pill-induced insomnia.
I went looking for an antidote in the form of reading and found the book in Manuel's collection. I had been out having dinner with my cousins and drank two glasses of Coke. A Swedish and a Portuguese word in one sentence. Does it need translating? I would guess not. The book was released on October 28 in Rio de Janeiro. I read a book by Adriana Calcanhotto the last night of our stay in Lisbon. Adriana has chronicled her adventures on tour in the book Saga Lusa(Portuguese Saga), in which she shares her memoirs of the Portuguese leg of her most recent tour.
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