The last dream
by Pedro Almodovar
(April 13, 2023)
Pedro Almodóvar’s most personal book: a self-portrait articulated in twelve stories that reveal his secret passion for writing
“This book is the closest thing to a fragmented autobiography. […] The reader will end up getting the maximum information about me as a filmmaker, as a storyteller and the way in which my life makes one thing and the others mix together». This is how the author defines this volume, in a brilliant introduction that also serves to put it into perspective: the twelve stories that make it up cover several periods, from the end of the sixties to the present, and they reflect some of his most intimate obsessions, as well as his evolution as an artist. The dark school years, the influence of fiction in life, the unexpected effects of chance, the sophistication of humor, the inconveniences of fame, the fascination with books or the experimentation with narrative genres are some of the themes that populate this essential book, which contains multiple layers of reading.
Pedro Almodovar (Calzada de Calatrava, 1949) is the Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer with the greatest international reach since Luis Buñuel. He has received the main international film awards, including two Oscars, two Golden Globes, a Golden Lion, two Cannes Film Festival awards and six Goyas. In our country, he has also been awarded the National Cinematography Award (1990), the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts (1998) and the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts (2006); in France he has been named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of the Ministry of Culture (1994) and ordained Knight of the Legion of Honour (1997). He has been awarded an honorary doctorate on three occasions, by the University of Castilla la Mancha (1999), Harvard University (2009) and Oxford University (2016). He is also the author of two books: the short novel Fuego en las entrañas (1981, illustrated by Javier Mariscal) and the collection of texts featuring the heroine of the toilets, Patthy Diphusa (1991).
Source: https://algunoslibrosbuenos.com/el-ultimo-sueno
