THE LAST DREAM

A mischievous and genre-spanning story collection from legendary film director Pedro AlmodóvarAlmodóvar`s mind seems to be reporting from another world to illuminate, clarify, and challenge our own` KAVEH AKBARAkin to a Spanish Angela Carter TELEGRAPHThe Last Dream brings together twelve unpublished stories from Almodóvar`s personal archive, written between the late sixties and the present day.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.Ranging 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 Bad Education, and a gothic tale of a repentant vampire, these stories delight and surprise.The Last Dream is a celebration of the relationship between life and art, fiction and reality from an artist unafraid to write about our most intimate moments.