by Juan Garcia Hortelano · Círculo de Lectores, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422605669
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«El Gran Momento De Mary Tribune» is the novel by Juan García Hortelano, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (619 pages, in Spanish).
In 1960s Madrid, a group of friends leads an idle youth until the arrival of Mary Tribune, an extravagant American, disrupts their routines. A chance encounter triggers jealousy, desire and grudges that test their friendship, in a comedy of errors with bitter irony and moral depth.
The novel was originally published in 1972, and this 1974 edition belongs to the Círculo de Lectores catalogue.
A work of 20th-century Spanish narrative, for readers of literary fiction interested in generational portraits and irony.
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.
