{"product_id":"9781787304352-the-last-dream","title":"The Last Dream","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mischievous and genre-spanning story collection from legendary film director Pedro Almodóvar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Almodóvar’s mind seems to be reporting from another world to illuminate, clarify, and challenge our own’ \u003cb\u003eKAVEH AKBAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Akin to a Spanish Angela Carter' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Dream\u003c\/i\u003e brings together twelve unpublished stories from Almodóvar’s personal archive, written between the late sixties and the present day. Delivering a tantalising glimpse into Almodóvar’s world, this wildly inventive collection reflects his most intimate obsessions, as well as his daring evolution as an artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging from ‘The Last Dream’ - a beautiful chronicle of the death of Almodóvar’s mother - to a love story between Jesus and Barabbas;, a cult film director out in search of painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, the original story behind the film \u003ci\u003eBad Education,\u003c\/i\u003e and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire, these stories delight and surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Dream\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a celebration of the relationship between life and art, fiction and reality from an artist unafraid to write about our most intimate moments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Frank Wynne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Readers love \u003ci\u003eTHE LAST DREAM\u003c\/i\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Dive into a world where vibrant characters and deep emotions come to life on the page’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An intriguing blend of the personal, thoughts, his remarkable professional film career and more from the superb Pedro Almodóvar'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Colourful characters and situations, a little madness. Warmth, humour and strangeness'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Highly recommended’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41540111794273,"sku":"9781787304352","price":14.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32344538.jpg?v=1737186064","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787304352-the-last-dream","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}