by Juan García Hortelano · Ediciones B · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788440691552
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«Gramática parda» is the novel by Juan García Hortelano, published by Ediciones B in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
A parody of the literary act, the novel combines a grammar manual with an adventure and espionage plot and with specific literary texts. From a split perspective between the novelist and his character, the author analyzes writing through absurdity, with irony and caricature.
The work was originally published in 1982 and won the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana. The present edition, published in 1999, belongs to the Biblioteca García Hortelano (no. 285/4).
For readers of contemporary and twentieth-century Spanish fiction seeking an ironic parody of the literary act.
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.
