"The Last Dream" brings together for the first time twelve unpublished stories from Pedro Almodovar's personal archive, written from the late 1960s to the present day. A tantalizing glimpse into the mind of a top creator and at the same time a masterclass on how to tell a story, this collection reflects Almodovar's obsessions and many of the themes of his cinematic work, ranging from satire to gothic and autofiction: A love story between Jesus and Barabbas. A cult director seeking anxiolytics on a day off. The short story on which the film "Bad Education" was based. The titular story, "The Last Dream," a touching chronicle of his mother's death.

A book that resembles a "fragmentary autobiography, incomplete and somewhat enigmatic," as Almodovar himself says in his introduction. A tribute to the relationship between life and art, fiction and reality, from a writer who is not afraid to talk about his most personal moments, exploring desire, mortality, loneliness, and the very process of creation.