Brazil's Fat Lady Can't Sing, But She Can Still Do the Bossa Nova

São Paulo-born and New York City-raised author, lecturer, creative consultant, teacher, and translator JOSMAR FERREIRA LOPES has spent a lifetime in pursuit of learning about and studying the culture, background, history, and language, along with the musical and artistic legacy, of his native Brazil. With the completion of BRAZIL'S FAT LADY CAN'T SING, BUT SHE CAN STILL DO THE BOSSA NOVA -- his first officially published work -- readers equally fascinated with the country’s ethos and diversity can dive “head-first” into such under-explored areas of Brazilian cultural life as opera, film, and musical theater, not to mention the popular song front and, of course, her fabled soccer credentials. With that, Josmar takes readers on a personal and fact-filled journey through all these subjects, to include the yearly Carnival celebration and the samba and bossa nova craze.