Pedro Almodovar The Last Dream Paperback Book

An intimate and mischievous story collection from legendary film director Pedro AlmodvarA major literary talent KAVEH AKBAR, author of Martyr! Akin to a Spanish Angela Carter TELEGRAPHThe Last Dream brings together twelve stories from legendary film director Pedro Almodvars personal archive. Delivering a tantalising glimpse into Almodvars world, together they reflect his most intimate obsessions, as well as his daring evolution as an artist. Ranging from a beautiful chronicle of the death of Almodvars mother in The Last Dream, to a love story between Jesus and Barabbas, a cult film director out in search of painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, the original story behind the film Bad Education, and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire, these mischievous stories delight and surprise. The Last Dream is a celebration of the relationship between life and art, fiction and reality, bursting with desire and playful humour. A heady mix of factual and fictitious, befitting of one of cinemas most imaginative storytellers OBSERVERKeenly observed and spiritually sumptuous EMPIRETranslated by Frank WynneReaders love THE LAST DREAMDive into a world where vibrant characters and deep emotions come to life on the pageAn intriguing blend of the personal, thoughts, his remarkable professional film career and more from the superb Pedro AlmodvarColourful characters and situations, a little madness. Warmth, humour and strangenessHighly recommended | Pedro Almodovar The Last Dream Paperback Book