by Juan García Hortelano · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440690579
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«El gran momento de Mary Tribune» is the novel by Juan García Hortelano, published by Ediciones B in 1999 in paperback (816 pages, in Spanish).
In 1960s Madrid, a group of young people devoted to partying and leisure see their relationships altered by the arrival of Mary Tribune, an obsessive and eccentric American woman. With agile dialogue and an ironic tone with bitter touches, the novel portrays a lost generation in the Spain of the time.
«El gran momento de Mary Tribune» was originally published in 1972; this 1999 edition is part of the Istorio Barregarriak series (no. 285).
It will appeal to those who appreciate contemporary Spanish fiction and generational portraits with irony and a certain bitterness.
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.
