by Juan García Hortelano · LUMEN · tapa dura · ISBN 9788426416063
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«Cuentos completos» is the collection of short stories by Juan García Hortelano, published by Lumen in hardcover (824 pages, in Spanish).
Volume bringing together the short fiction of Juan García Hortelano, a representative of the mid-century generation, with the titles 'Gente de Madrid', 'Apólogos y Milesios', 'Mucho cuento', 'Cuentos contados' and some unpublished pieces. His stories trace a mosaic of the social, human, moral and political reality of Spain over five decades.
The volume belongs to the 'Biblioteca Juan García Hortelano' collection and includes a prologue by Lluís Izquierdo.
For readers of literary short fiction and twentieth-century contemporary Spanish narrative.
Juan García Hortelano was a Spanish writer. He was born in Madrid. His father was a doctor. When the Spanish Civil War broke out, he was sent with his siblings to Cuenca, only returning to Madrid in 1937 where he lived with his maternal grandparents. The libraries at school and home turned him into an avid reader. Following the war, he entered college in 1941, later studying law at Madrid University. He joined the Civil Service in 1953. Throughout his life, he dedicated himself to writing with fervour and discipline without abandoning his administrative job in Madrid. He cultivated friendships with writers and intellectuals of his generation: Juan Benet, Carlos Barral, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Juan Marsé and Ángel González.
