by Juan Garcia Hortelano · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401423925
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«Tormenta de verano» is the novel by Juan García Hortelano published by Plaza & Janés in 1995 in paperback, with 424 pages in Spanish.
The novel reflects childhood and adulthood with their pros and cons through a story set in a summer. The narrative, within Spanish literature, interweaves the contradictions of the transition to maturity and childhood memories, in a work that combines a youthful gaze and an adult perspective.
Originally published in 1962, this work won the Prix Formentor. The 1995 edition belongs to the Milenio collection (no. 218).
For readers of literature and fiction interested in Spanish narrative and award-winning works from the mid-20th century.
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.
