Reading Pedro Almodóvar: “The writer is selfish by nature”
Since he was a child, he had dreamed of being a novelist. After a life dedicated to film, the Manchego director publishes at the age of 77 ‘El hombre que solo escribía en los aviones’, a fiction as free as his films, crossed by his reading passion
Pedro Almodóvar has published his first novel, El hombre que solo escribía en los aviones, at the age of 77. The book, released by Reservoir Books on October 29, tells the story of Flavio Guijarro, a coach of authors obsessed with writing. Almodóvar's work often blends fiction and reality, and his novel is described as frenetic and free, reflecting his passion for reading. The book has 256 pages and is priced at 20.90 euros.
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