by Juan García Hortelano · RBA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788447304639
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«Gramática parda» is the novel by Juan García Hortelano, published by RBA in hardcover (331 pages, in Spanish).
The novel interweaves the story of a grammar manual with a plot of adventure and espionage, narrated with irony and caricature. From the perspective of a novelist and the character Duvet, it analyzes the literary fact through absurdity and a profound irreverence towards established knowledge. It argues that only life is the master of life.
The work, published in 1985, belongs to the Narrativa Actual collection, Autores de Lengua Española series, number 65.
It is a work aimed at readers of Spanish fiction who appreciate irony, satire and reflection on the literary world.
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.
