The Journal of Antonio Montoya - Hardcover

Collignon, Rick

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9781878448699: The Journal of Antonio Montoya

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1878448692 ISBN 13: 9781878448699

Publisher: Macadam Cage Pub, 1996

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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.

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Review:

This debut novel begins with news of a death, but soon the dead are sitting up and demanding attention. Ramona must cope with a talkative sister-in-law and her husband, plus her grandparents, all dead, and all moving into her home that looks out on the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. She must endure their constant interference with the present. The past comes alive too in the novel's eponymous journal, one written in 1924 by the village historian and sculptor, a relative of Ramona's. Here the past and present are surreally intertwined.

About the Author:

Rick Colligan has been a roofer for 20 years. He lives with his family in the mountains north of Questa, New Mexico.

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