The last dream / Pedro Almodóvar ; translated by Frank Wynne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almodóvar, Pedro, author.

Contributor:

Wynne, Frank, translator.

Standardized Title:

Último sueño. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--Fiction.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Spanish fiction--21st century--Translations into English.

Spanish fiction.

Genre:

Short stories.

Autobiographical fiction.

Physical Description:

xvii, 216 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First HarperVia edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Spanish.

Summary:

"Making his English language debut, the iconoclastic, 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, Almodovar 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. Almodovar 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 Almodovar's most intimate obsessions, as well as his evolution as an artist. In the title story, "The Last Dream," Almodovar 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."--Adapted from dust jacket.

Contents:

The visit

Too many gender swaps

The mirror ceremony

Joanna, the beautiful madwoman

The last dream

The life and deat of Miguel

Confessions of a sex symbol

Bitter Christmas

Adios, volcano

Redemption

Memory or an empty day

A bad novel.

Notes:

Originally published as "El último sueño" in Spain in 2023 by Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, S.A.U.

ISBN:

9780063349766

0063349760

OCLC:

1456550252