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Journal of Antonio Montoya: A Novel

Collignon, Rick

Literature & Fiction

Avon/Books

Perdido

The second novel by this hauntingly lyrical stylist returns to the rustic New Mexican village of Guadalupe, where a man learns that it's possible to be part of a town's tapestry without every being fully woven into its fabric...

Literary

Harper-perennial

The conclusion of the trilogy that began with The Journal of Antonio Montoya and Perdido trace the history of the the village of Guadalupe, New Mexico, as Flavio Montoya, the aged scion of the Montoya clan, returns to be accused by his fellow villagers of starting the fire that destroyed in th town. 15,000 first printing.

A Santo in the Image of Cristobal Garcia

United States

Blue Hen

A simple man living a simple life is immune to neither miracle nor disaster. When both happen-and Flavio Montoya is accused of arson-he cannot understand. Beautiful, funny, and even epic, this saga journeys through the life of the magical village of Guadalupe, showing how the past can echo the present-and how the present can hold more than we can dream.

A Santo In The Image Of Cristobal Garcia

Blue Hen Trade

Madewell Brown walked into the village on a hot, dry day in 1946. A solitary black man with one arm longer than the other, he had never found a place for himself. Never, that is, until he had painted his own history on the interior walls of his adobe house in Guadalupe. Fifty years later, Will Sawyer’s truck runs out of gas, and as he walks that same long road back into town he knows it’s best to keep his eyes on the ground. But he doesn’t understand the town’s long history of displacement or the difficulty of truly fitting in there, until he hears the story of the dead girl found hanging from Las Manos Bridge. In Perdido, Rick Collignon returns to the same magical village he first introduced in The Journal of Antonio Montoya. In Perdido, Collignon returns to the same magical town he first introduced in The Journal of Antonio Montoya. Once again mixing present and past, living and dead, he delivers a forthright and unflinching examination of race, belonging, and identity. With this novel, Collignon shows that a powerful new voice in American fiction has arrived.

Unbridled Books

The Journal of Antonio Montoya: A Novel of Love and Belonging

Biographies & Memoirs

Fourth Estate

Ramona drove through town and took the road behind the village office and pulled up to the front of her house. She shut off the engine and looked at her nephew. She would feed Jose some lunch, and then she would see. Jose looked over at her, and Ramona reached out her hand and brushed lightly at his hair. "Let's go inside, Jose," she said. "We'll have some lunch and drink something warm." The two of them climbed out of the truck. A slight breeze blew, and the water from the cottonwoods fell on them in large fat drops. Before they reached the house, the front door swung open and Ramona's grandfather, Epolito Montoya, who had been dead for thirteen years, stood in the doorway. "Why are you out in the rain?" he said.

The Journal of Antonio Montoya

Macadam Cage Pub

Madewell Brown walked into the village on a hot, dry day in 1946. A solitary black man, with one arm longer than the other, he had never found a place for himself. Never, that is, until he had painted his own history on the interior walls of his adobe house in Guadalupe. Fifty years later, Will Sawyer's truck runs out of gas, and as he walks that same long road back into town he knows it's best to keep his eyes on the ground. But he doesn't understand the town's long history of displacement, or the difficulty of truly fitting in here, until he hears the story of the dead girl found hanging from Las Manos Bridge. In this sad and poignantly humorous novel, Collignon returns to the same magical town he first introduced in The Journal of Antonio Montoya. Once again mixing present and past, living and dead, he delivers a forthright and unflinching examination of race, belonging, and identity.

MACADAM/CAGE.

As recorded in Rick Collignon s second novel, Perdido, a tall black man with one arm longer than the other walked into Guadalupe, New Mexico one morning about 50 years ago, stayed pretty much to himself for seven years, and then walked back out of town. No one knew who he was or what became of him. Now, as his last act, an old man named Ruffino Trujillo tells his grown son Cipriano a story about what became of the black man. After Ruffino s death, Cipriano discovers an old canvas bag bearing the name of Madewell Brown. Inside are a hand-carved doll, an old blanket, an unlabeled photo of a Negro League baseball team, and a small, yellowing envelope that was never posted. Thinking it the least he can do, Cipriano mails the letter. When it arrives in Cairo, Illinois, it comes into the hands of a young woman named Rachael, who believes it is from her lost grandfather.

Madewell Brown

We are proud to reintroduce the classic first novel by the author of Madewell Brown. When little José Montoya’s parents are killed one August morning by a cow, his Tia Ramona and his Tio Flavio are troubled by how best to raise the boy. After the funeral, they drive to their childhood home behind the village office, but before they reach the house, the front door swung open and Ramona’s grandfather, Epolito Montoya, who had been dead for thirteen years, stood in the doorway. Why are you out in the rain?’ he said.” Ramona has returned reluctantly to this isolated village in northern New Mexico and to the family that never lets go. As she tries to build a modern life here on her own terms, and still to care for young José, she discovers that she can reach through time, see the richness of her heritage, and reclaim riches, knowledge, art that disappeared generations ago. In fact, she can speak with her ancestors and learn their stories. These, finally, are the fortunes she will try to pass on to José.

The Journal of Antonia Montoya

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Journal of Antonio Montoya: A Novel

Perdido

A Santo in the Image of Cristobal Garcia

A Santo In The Image Of Cristobal Garcia

Perdido

The Journal of Antonio Montoya: A Novel of Love and Belonging

The Journal of Antonio Montoya

Perdido

Madewell Brown

The Journal of Antonia Montoya