by Juan García Hortelano · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401423918
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«Gramática parda» is the parodic novel by Juan García Hortelano, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (408 pages, in Spanish).
A parody combining a grammar manual, an adventure and espionage plot, and references to specific literary texts. With irony and caricature, the narrative splits between the novelist and his character to examine, through absurdity, the nature of literary creation.
1995 edition in the Ave Fénix collection; the work was awarded the Premio de la Crítica de Narrativa Castellana in 1982.
For readers of contemporary Spanish fiction who enjoy parody, ironic humour and metafictional games.
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.
