Raphael

2024 · 24165 — New York City NY: HarperCollins Publishers 2024. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket. New York City NY: HarperCollins Publishers 2024. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 220 pages. Rare Pedro Almodovar collectible set. A pristine publisher's "Autographed Copy" of "The Last Dream" with a pristine 8 X 10 inch color portrait of the artist both signed by Pedro Almodovar. Both the Cover and Solo portraits come from the same photo-session taken by Rafael Pavarotti. The author/filmmaker's collection of prose pieces. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Pedro Almodovar's "El Ultimo Sueno" in a felicitous English translation by Frank Wynne who has also contributed an Introductory Essay. From one of the world's most beloved culture heroes here are twelve never-before-published short stories and essays: Vintage early Almodovar as well as pieces from his later period underlining both their continuity and discontinuity. "Gleefully subverts the sacred as a matter of course. Populated by religious figures sex workers pop-culture icons a gentle vampire and a man who ages in reverse these tales written over five decades are largely of a piece with Almodovar's exuberant genre-defying cinema" The New Yorker Magazine . That is to say they are aligned with Pedro Almodovar's universally beloved films which are all ultimately - "the last dream" - about desire: What is bliss what is a man or woman willing even if unable to do to find love passion and true happiness. Although he is best-known as a film director Pedro Almodovar's longing by his own admission has always been to be recognized as a great "canonical" writer and his films which are written by him are strewn with literary inspirations and allusions. An absolute "must-have" collectible not just memorabilia set for Pedro Almodovar collectors. This Autographed Copy is magnificently signed in black pen-marker across the title page by Pedro Almodovar. It is signed directly on the page itself not on a tipped-in page. It is the single most beautiful signature by him we have ever seen. It also comes with an 8 X 10 inch color print of his pensive portrait taken by Rafael Pavarotti also very boldly and beautifully signed in black pen-marker on recto by the artist. This title is a great collection. As far as we know this is the only such signed copy with Signed Portrait of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing American available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean crisp and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws or are in subsequent printing. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed set thus. One of the greatest filmmaker/writers of our time. A fine collectible set. . ISBN 0063349760. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover