by Juan García Hortelano · EL MUNDO: MEJORES NOVELAS EN CASTELLANO DEL SIGLO XX · tapa dura · ISBN 9788481304381
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«Gramática parda» is the parodic novel by Juan García Hortelano, published by El Mundo in hardcover (284 pages, in Spanish).
A literary parody combining a grammar manual, an adventure and espionage plot, and certain literary texts, all with irony and caricature. Through a split between novelist and character, the work reflects on the literary act and carries it to absurdity.
The novel won the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana in 1982. This 2001 edition, with a prologue by José María Guelbenzu, belongs to the Biblioteca El Mundo collection.
For readers of Spanish fiction and literary humor; fits the Biblioteca El Mundo series of the best novels in Spanish.
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.
