Rui Castro je uznávaný pre svoj prístup k historickej rekonštrukcii a biografickej tvorbe. Jeho písanie sa ponára do bohatých detailov a oživuje minulé éry a osobnosti s pozoruhodnou živosťou. Castro sa sústreďuje na to, čo poháňalo jeho subjekty a udalosti, a preniká k podstate brazílskej kultúry a histórie. Jeho literárna výprava ponúka čitateľom pútavý pohľad na fascinujúce postavy a formujúce momenty brazílskej minulosti.
In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books alongside the game's greatest players, men like Pele, Di Stefano, Puskas and Maradona.
Bossa nova is one of the most popular musical genres in the world. Songs such as "The Girl from Ipanema" (the fifth most frequently played song in the world), "The Waters of March" and "Desafinado" are known around the world. Bossa Nova, a number-one bestseller when originally published in Brazil as Chega de saudade, is a definitive history of this seductive music. Based on extensive interviews with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, and all the major musicians and their friends, Bossa Nova explains how a handful of Rio de Janeiro teenagers changed the face of popular culture around the world. Now, in this outstanding translation, the full flavor of Ruy Castro wisecracking, chatty Portuguese comes through in a feast of detail. Along the way he introduces a cast of unforgettable characters who turned Gilberto's singular vision into the sound of a generation.