NARRATIVES SOUDAINES Petites histoires d'un simple passant A book by José Enrique Montes Hernandez
THE BOOK
Narratives Soudaines — Petites histoires d'un simple passant is a trilingual collection of short texts, poems, drawings, and photographs. Written across years, continents, and languages, it traces fragments of memory, migration, family, and everyday life through the perspective of someone always passing through.
Written and drawn in French, English, and Spanish, the book resists linear reading. Each page is a fragment — a memory, a joke, a loss, a piece of overheard conversation — laid next to hand-drawn illustrations and personal photographs. The effect is closer to a visual journal than a traditional literary work: raw, immediate, and deeply personal.
At its core, Narratives Soudaines is a portrait of a life lived between places — El Salvador, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Taiwan, and Guatemala — and the quiet weight of carrying all of them at once.
SPECS
- Title: Narratives Soudaines — Petites histoires d'un simple passant
- Author: José Enrique Montes Hernandez
- Languages: French, English, Spanish
- Pages: 173
- Format: Softcover
- Published: 2026
- Publisher: Self-published via Lulu
- ISBN: 978-1-291-74222-0
- Price: 25.00 USD
- Available: lulu.com / okjose.work
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
José Enrique Montes Hernandez is a photographer, writer, and curator born in El Salvador in 1983, raised in Canada, and shaped by years living between cultures, countries, and languages. He is the author of Streets of Taiwan (2023), a photographic portrait of everyday life in Taiwan assembled over seven years. He founded Arcade Art Gallery in Kaohsiung, co-curated at Yves Laroche Gallery in Montreal, and directed the Lingya Street Art Festival (2016–2021). His work has been featured in It's Nice That, Aesthetica Magazine, Vogue Italia, Vice, and Radio Taiwan International. He is currently based between Montreal and Guatemala City.
PRESS CONTACT
José Enrique Montes Hernandez Contact +1 438 601 4485 @sayokjose okjose.work
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