Bøger af Pedro Almodovar

For the first time, iconoclast and two time Academy award-winner Pedro Almodóvar gives readers full access to his singular mind, through a vivid self-portrait in twelve stories, spanning comedy, autofiction, parody, pastiche and gothic fiction.

A wildly inventive story collection from legendary film director Pedro AlmodóvarThe Last Dream brings together for the first time twelve unpublished stories from Almodóvar¿s personal archive, written between the late sixties and the present day. Both a tantalising glimpse into Almodóvar¿s creative mind and a masterclass in how to tell a story, this intimate and mischievous collection reflects Almodóvar¿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 Almodóvar¿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, Almodóvar writes: `I¿ve been asked to write my autobiography more than once, and I¿ve always refused; it¿s also been suggested that I let someone else write my biography, but I have always felt somewhat resistant to the idea of a book entirely about me as an individual. 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 cryptic.¿A celebration of the relationship between life and art, fiction and reality from an artist unafraid to write about our most intimate moments, these stories explore desire, mortality, loneliness and the pain and glory of artistic creation, laced with playful humour and a deep love of literature and culture.Translated by Frank Wynne

""This book is the closest thing to a fragmented autobiography..." The reader will obtain great insight about me as a filmmaker, as a storyteller, and in the way my life makes one thing, and all others mix." This is how the author defines this volume in a brilliant introduction that also sets a perspective: the twelve tales that comprise it encompass several eras, from the late sixties to date, all of them reflecting some of his most intimate obsessions, as well as his evolution as an artist"--