(New York) Pedro Almodóvar finally understood that his admirers wanted him to write his memoirs. Well almost.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker will release a book on September 24, titled The Last Dream, which publisher HarperVia describes as “the first collection of short stories”. Almodóvar, who has made a career out of pushing boundaries, offers a different definition, or rather an anti-definition.
“I have been asked to write my autobiography more than once and I have always refused; It was also suggested that I let someone else write my biography, but I always felt somewhat reluctant about the idea of a book devoted entirely to me as an individual,” he said. declared in an excerpt from the book published Monday by HarperVia.
“I’ve never kept a journal, and every time I tried, I never made it to the second page. In a sense, therefore, this book represents a kind of paradox. It might best be described as a fragmentary, incomplete and somewhat enigmatic autobiography. »
According to HarperVia, The Last Dream includes 12 selections from his personal writings, however fragmented, which reflect his “most intimate obsessions.” The stories range from the title track, about the death of his mother, to the tale of a filmmaker searching for painkillers during a bank holiday weekend, to the story of a repentant vampire.
“This compilation of short stories offers a rare glimpse into the life of one of the most influential and distinguished directors of our day, presenting a narrative that comes closest to a self-portrait, revealing a wildly inventive and unconventional creative mind. conventional,” said HarperVia editorial director Juan Mila in a statement.
The 74-year-old Spanish filmmaker is known for his hit films such as Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown, All about my mother And Speak with her.
His book was translated from Spanish by Frank Wynne.