by Juan García Hortelano · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440693334
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«Gente de Madrid» is a collection of short stories by Juan García Hortelano, published by Ediciones B in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together portraits, sketches and caricatures of street types from Madrid, seen with irony and a critical eye. It represents Juan García Hortelano's first foray into the short story and a move away from social realism towards new narrative forms.
The work originally appeared in 1967; this edition is from 1999. It falls within contemporary Spanish fiction.
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.
