by Juan García Hortelano · Espasa-Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423972999
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«Tormenta de verano» is the novel by Juan García Hortelano published by Espasa-Calpe in paperback (370 pages, in Spanish).
The novel is set in a summer colony on the Costa Brava, where the appearance of a woman's corpse on the beach disrupts the group's coexistence. The story reveals the tensions and secrets that surface among the characters during that summer.
This edition is from 1992 and belongs to the Colección Austral (no. 299), with a prologue by Carmen Martín Gaite. The work was originally published in 1962 and won the Prix Formentor.
For readers of postwar Spanish fiction and novels that portray the social life of a group of summer residents.
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.
