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The Last Dream
By Pedro AlmodóvarNarrated by Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Juan Diego Botto, Norbert Leo Butz, Taylour Paige, Michael Cera, Edoardo BalleriniLength6h 2m
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Narrated by Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Michael Cera, Juan Diego Botto, Norbert Leo Butz, Taylour Paige, and Edoardo Ballerini
“A major literary talent’s virtuosic debut” (Kaveh Akbar, New York Times bestselling author), the iconoclastic, two-time Academy award-winning writer and director reveals his singular mind as never before in this collection of twelve remarkable stories
With this debut collection, film legend Pedro Almodóvar 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. Almodóvar 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.”
Each entry reflects Almodóvar's most intimate obsessions, as well as his evolution as an artist. In the title story, “The Last Dream,” Almodóvar 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 Bad Education, a manic adventure about a film director searching for painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, and a gothic tale centered around a repentant vampire.
Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne
Table of Contents
Introduction —Juan Diego Botto
The Visit —Colman Domingo
Too Many Gender Swaps —Colman Domingo
The Mirror Ceremony —Michael Cera
Joanna, the Beautiful Madwoman —Rachel Weisz
The Last Dream —Juan Diego Botto
The Life and Death of Miguel —Edoardo Ballerini
Confessions of a Sex Symbol —Taylour Paige
Bitter Christmas —Rachel Weisz
Adiós, Volcano —Juan Diego Botto
Redemption —Edoardo Ballerini
Memory of an Empty Day —Norbert Leo Butz
A Bad Novel —Norbert Leo Butz
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (3.2K)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreFantasy, Humor, General Fiction
Length6 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byColman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Juan Diego Botto, Norbert Leo Butz, Taylour Paige, Michael Cera, Edoardo Ballerini
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 24, 2024
LanguageEnglish
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