The Last Dream

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The Last Dream
by Pedro Almodóvar

ISBN: 9780063349766
Hardcover, new
Publication Date 09/24/2024

Brief Description:
Making his English language debut, the iconoclastic, two-time Academy
award-winning writer and director reveals his singular mind as never before
in this collection of twelve remarkable stories spanning memoir, comedy,
autofiction, parody, pastiche, and gothic fiction. With this debut
collection, film legend Pedro Almodóvar delivers a tantalizing glimpse into
his world, formed by twelve stories carefully selected from his personal
writings dating from the late ’60s to the present. Almodóvar writes: “I’ve
been asked to write my autobiography more than once, and I’ve always
refused. . . . I’ve never kept a diary, and whenever I’ve tried, I’ve never
made it to page two; in a sense, then, this book represents something of a
paradox. It might be best described as a fragmentary autobiography,
incomplete and a little enigmatic.” Each entry reflects Almodóvar’s most
intimate obsessions, as well as his evolution as an artist. In the title
story, “The Last Dream,” Almodóvar reflects on the death of his mother.
Other entries in the collection include a love story between Jesus and
Barabbas, a story of retribution that formed the basis for the film Bad
Education, a manic adventure about a film director searching for
painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, and a gothic tale centered around a
repentant vampire. Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne