{"product_id":"last-dream","title":"Last Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available in audio\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003efeaturing narration by Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, and Michael Cera.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e';Instantly fascinating, brimming with twisting narratives and unforgettable endings \u003ci\u003eThe Last Dream\u003c\/i\u003e stands alone as a major literary talent's virtuosic debut.' Kaveh Akbar, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMartyr!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e';A real page turner.' John Waters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this debut collection, film legend Pedro 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.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach 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 \u003ci\u003eBad Education\u003c\/i\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","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57495421780341,"sku":"9780063349759","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/last-dream","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}