{"product_id":"book-i9mn","title":"The Last Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNarrated by Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Michael Cera, Juan Diego Botto, Norbert Leo Butz, Taylour Paige, and Edoardo Ballerini\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A major literary talent's virtuosic debut\" (Kaveh Akbar, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach 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 \u003cem\u003eBad Education\u003c\/em\u003e, a manic adventure about a film director searching for painkillers on a bank holiday weekend, and a gothic tale centered around a repentant vampire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction -\u003cem\u003eJuan Diego Botto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Visit \u003cem\u003e-Colman Domingo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo Many Gender Swaps \u003cem\u003e-Colman Domingo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mirror Ceremony \u003cem\u003e-Michael Cera\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoanna, the Beautiful Madwoman \u003cem\u003e-Rachel Weisz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Last Dream -\u003cem\u003eJuan Diego Botto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Life and Death of Miguel \u003cem\u003e-Edoardo Ballerini\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfessions of a Sex Symbol \u003cem\u003e-Taylour Paige\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBitter Christmas \u003cem\u003e-Rachel Weisz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdiós, Volcano \u003cem\u003e-Juan Diego Botto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRedemption \u003cem\u003e-Edoardo Ballerini\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemory of an Empty Day \u003cem\u003e-Norbert Leo Butz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Bad Novel \u003cem\u003e-Norbert Leo Butz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49279168446768,"sku":"BDi9mn","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49279168545072,"sku":"ZEi9mn","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49279168610608,"sku":"ZMi9mn","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i9mn-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776518582","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i9mn","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}