Bøger af Rick Collignon

The gentle-hearted Flavio Montoya returns,now as the aged scion of his family, still tendinghis sister Ramonas fields and wondering how allof his family could have died before him. Whenthe mountains surrounding Guadalupe erupt inflames, the history of the village seems to be setloose in the smoke. The dead arrive and the silentspeak. When Flavio is accused of starting the firethat quickly threatens to consume the village, thedisaster becomes one more mystery that he mustfold into his own memory, though he cannot quiteunderstand any of it.A Santo in the Image of Cristbal Garca is abeautiful, funny, even epic tale of how all history isfinally personal.

We are proud to reintroduce the classic first novel by the author of Madewell Brown.When little Jos Montoyas 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 Ramonas 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 Jos, 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 Jos.