carlos montoya–a novel (now available!)

from the inside flap:

World War I veteran and family patriarch, Carlos Montoya wanders the llano of New Mexico and Colorado finding himself tormented by traveling ghosts and struggling for spiritual and family unity. 

reviews:

“Epic…an introspective patriarch visits his flaws upon his family in the musing, multigenerational novel…” Foreword Reviews

Carlos Montoya–A Novel

Author signed Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 316 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1733194983

$35.00

quotes:

“Chronicler of hard and valuable lives. This is a career to watch.” —Tracy Daugherty, author of One Day the Wind Changed

“Beautiful– cinematic yet intimate. I love how the book moves in ripples out from the man to wider context of history and family experience. Each chapter opens the door onto a whole other court of memory.”—Jennifer C.Cornell, author of Departures

book trailer:


author bio:
John Paul Jaramillo’s stories have appeared in numerous publications, including the Acentos Review, Palabra, A Magazine of Chicano and Latino Literary Art and Somos en Escrito. He is the author of the story collection The House of Order, which was named a 2013 Int’l Latino Book Award Finalistand the novel in stories Little Mocos from Twelve Winters Press. In 2013 Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature listed Jaramillo as one of its Top 10 New Latino Authors to Watch and Read.

contact: 

5250 Shepherd Road / Dept. of English and Humanities / Lincoln Land Community College / Springfield, IL 62796 / 217-786-2897 /  john.jaramillo@llcc.edu /twitter /