Fado - by Elaine Ávila (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Fado is the story of a young singer, Luisa, who arrives home to her apartment in Surrey, BC, to find her mother, Rosida, collapsed on the floor, weeping, because the greatest fado singer of all time, Amalia Rodrigues, has died. All of Portugal vast diaspora has entered into three days of mourning. Luisa discovers that one of her mothers old fado albums is signed by Amalias guitarist, Antonio. It seems they were friends back in their village. Luisa realizes she does not know how to sing a single Portuguese song, because she and her mother moved outside the community after Luisas dad died. Luisa begs Rosida to write to Antonio so Luisa can reclaim her heritage by learning how to sing fado. Rosida is reluctant, but Luisa says she will save the money to take them on the trip of a lifetime, back to Lisbon. When they arrive, Rosida is overcome with feeling for all she has lost. Luisa and Rosida look up their long-lost mysterious cousin, Rui, who shows them carefully curated tourist spots, making Luisa wonder what he is hiding. The ghost of Amalia begins haunting the city, watching over and singing to all of the characters, all in mourning, all searching for how to sing fado without Amalia. At Luisas first lesson with Antonio, Luisa discovers Rosidas favourite fado is fascist. It seems fado became propaganda during the Portuguese dictatorship, the longest in modern times. When Rosida is outraged that Antonio says her favourite fado is fascist, she confronts him during Luisas singing lesson. Luisa discovers that Antonio and Rosida were far more than friends. Luisa is furious, wondering if her mother ever loved her father. Rosida and Antonio begin to rekindle their romance. Rui reveals his secret, causing Rosida to reject him completely. Luisa finds her world overturned. Despite her best efforts, Antonio says Luisa is not Portuguese enough to sing the music. Heartbroken, Luisa begins wandering the back alleys and streets of old Lisbon, where the music was born. Luisa encounters a sexy poet, who shows her the city, they fall in love. Luisa finds her path to reclaim her culture is as curving and mysterious as the back alleys of Lisbon, winding through queer fado, fados of resistance, immigrant fados, fuelled by her desire to find her own true song. Playing sold-out crowds in Vancouver and Victoria in 2018 and 2019, Fado won the following awards and distinctions: 'Sure Fire List' (the top 23 most producible plays in Canada by women), Playwrights Guild of Canada Top Unproduced Latinx Plays in the U.S., 50 Playwrights, 2018 Favourite Musical, Intrepid Theatre Society, Victoria, 2018"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Fado is the story of a young singer, Luisa, who arrives home to her apartment in Surrey, BC, to find her mother, Rosida, collapsed on the floor, weeping, because the greatest fado singer of all time, Amalia Rodrigues, has died. Luisa realizes she doesn't know how to sing a single Portuguese song, because she and her mother moved outside the community after Luisa's dad died. She decides to save money to take them on the trip of a lifetime, back to Lisbon. When they arrive, Rosida is overcome with feeling for all she has lost, and Luisa discovers Rosida's favourite fado is fascist. Heartbroken, she begins wandering the back alleys and streets of old Lisbon, where the music was born. Luisa discovers that her path to reclaiming her culture is as curving and mysterious as the back alleys of Lisbon, winding through queer fado, fados of resistance, immigrant fados, fuelled by her desire to find her own true song. Playing sold-out crowds in Vancouver and Victoria in 2018 and 2019, Fado won the following awards and distinctions: "Sure Fire List" (the top 23 most producible plays in Canada by women), Playwrights Guild of Canada Top Unproduced Latinx Plays in the U.S., 50 Playwrights, 2018 Favourite Musical, Intrepid Theatre Society, Victoria, 2018<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"[<em>Fado</em>] is a voyage in itself, to the fictitious alleys of a timeless society."</br>--Cameron Murton, <em>International Theatre Reviews</em></p> --Cameron Murton "International Theatre Reviews"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Elaine Ávila's plays are produced in Central America, Europe, the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Her Best New Play Awards include: Jane Austen, Action Figure (Festival de los Cocos, Panamá City), Lieutenant Nun (Victoria Critics Circle), and Café a Brasileira (Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon). Her creative non-fiction is published by York University Press, Routledge, Theatre Communications Group, No Passport Press, Smith and Kraus, EnRoute, Howlround, Canadian Theatre Review, American Theater, Portuguese American Review, Lusitania, Contemporary Theatre Review, and Café Onda. Teaching in universities from Portugal to Tasmania, China to Panamá, Elaine has served as the playwright in residence at Pomona College in Los Angeles, Quest University Canada, Western Washington University, as the Endowed Chair and Head of the MFA Program in Dramatic Writing at the University of New Mexico, and founder of the LEAP Playwriting Program at the Arts Club Theater in Vancouver. She is the co-founder of the International Climate Change Theatre Action, involving fifty playwrights, two-hundred venues and twelve-thousand audience members worldwide. The 2019 Fulbright Scholar to the University of the Azores, Elaine lives in New Westminster with her musician-teacher husband and her sixteen-year-old, a core leader of Sustainabiliteens.
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