A wildly inventive story collection from legendary film director Pedro Almod-var
The Last Dream brings together for the first time twelve unpublished stories from Almod-var-s personal archive, written between the late sixties and the present day. Both a tantalising glimpse into Almod-var-s creative mind and a masterclass in how to tell a story, this intimate and mischievous collection reflects Almod-var-s obsessions and many of the themes of his cinematic work, spanning genres from autofiction to comedy, parody, pastiche and gothic. The title story, -The Last Dream-, is a beautiful chronicle of the death of Almod-var-s mother, and other stories include: a love story between Jesus and Barabbas; a cult film director out in search of painkillers on a bank holiday weekend; the primary version of the film Bad Education; and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire among monks.
In his introduction, Almod-var writes: -I-ve been asked to write my autobiography
