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História do Fado História do Fado (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.71 — 7 ratings — published 2010
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Lisboa, o Fado e os Fadistas Lisboa, o Fado e os Fadistas (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 1994
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Saudade: An Anthology of Fado Poetry Saudade: An Anthology of Fado Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 9 ratings — published 2010
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Versos (Livros Cotovia) (Portuguese Edition) Versos (Livros Cotovia) (Portuguese Edition)
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avg rating 3.73 — 37 ratings — published 1997
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O Fado e a Alma Portuguesa O Fado e a Alma Portuguesa (Hardcover)
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El banquero anarquista El banquero anarquista (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.76 — 9,599 ratings — published 1922
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Livro Livro (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 2,271 ratings — published 2010
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Para uma história do fado Para uma história do fado (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 17 ratings — published 2004
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Jane Hirshfield
“A man reaches close
and lifts a quarter
from inside a girl’s ear,
from her hands takes a dove
she didn’t know was there.
Which amazes more,
you may wonder:
the quarter’s serrated murmur
against the thumb
or the dove’s knuckled silence?
That he found them,
or that she never had,
or that in Portugal,
this same half-stopped moment,
it’s almost dawn,
and a woman in a wheelchair
is singing a fado
that puts every life in the room
on one pan of a scale,
itself on the other,
and the copper bowls balance.”
Jane Hirshfield, Poetry Magazine September 2012

Fernando Pessoa
“Toda a poesia - e a canção é uma poesia ajudada - reflecte o que a alma não tem. Por isso a canção dos povos tristes é alegre e a canção dos povos alegres é triste.
O fado, porém, não é alegre nem triste. É um episódio de intervalo. Formou-o a alma portuguesa quando não existia e desejava tudo sem ter força para o desejar.
As almas fortes atribuem tudo ao Destino; só os fracos confiam na vontade própria, porque ela não existe.
O fado é o cansaço da alma forte, o olhar de desprezo de Portugal ao Deus em que creu e também o abandonou.
No fado os Deuses regressam legítimos e longínquos.”
Fernando Pessoa

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