Often described inadequately as the John Lennon or Bob Dylan of Brazil, Caetano Veloso is unquestionably one of the most influential and beloved of Brazilian artists and has developed a world-wide following. Now, in his long awaited memoir, he tells the heroic story of how, in the late 60s, he and a group of friends from the north-eastern state of Bahia created tropicalismo, the movement that shook Brazilian culture and civic order and pushed a nation then on the margins of world politics and economics into the pop avant-garde. Tropical Truth recounts the story of a country, its most subversive generation, and the odyssey of a brilliant constellation of artists. By turns erudite and playful, dreamlike and confessional, Tropical Truth is a revelation of Brazil's most famous artist, one of the greatest popular composers of the past century.

カエターノ・ヴェローゾが綴る本作は、単なる自伝の枠を超えた、ブラジル文化の激動期を記録する壮大な精神の地図です。トロピカリズモという革命的な運動を軸に、知識層の教養と大衆音楽の情熱が交錯する様は圧巻。独裁政権下の閉塞感を打破しようとする言葉には、表現者としての誇りと、祖国への深い愛が脈打っています。 読者はここで、前衛的な思想が生まれる瞬間の熱狂に立ち会うことになります。流麗な文体の中に潜む鋭い洞察は、音楽を聴くだけでは到達できない真実の深淵へと私たちを誘うでしょう。美しさと混沌、洗練と野蛮が同居するブラジル文化の真髄を、これほどまでに官能的かつ知的に解き明かした書物は他にありません。