{"product_id":"the-last-dream-9780063349766","title":"The Last Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaking 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this debut collection, film legend Pedro Almod?var 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. Almod?var 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach entry reflects Almod?var's most intimate obsessions, as well as his evolution as an artist. In the title story, \"The Last Dream,\" Almod?var 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 \u003cem\u003eBad Education\u003c\/em\u003e, a manic adventure about a film director searching for painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, and a gothic tale centered around a repentant vampire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063349766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pedro Almod\u0026#195;\u0026#179;var","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507456798901,"sku":"9780063349766","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_02cda0d6-1caf-4d7f-be52-01362ac39ea4.jpg?v=1722312507","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-last-dream-9780063349766","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}