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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
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Description for Death Comes for the Archbishop
Paperback. Willa Cather's best known novel; a narrative that recounts a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 176.
In 1851 Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are despatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows - gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly forty years, they leave converts and enemies, crosses and occasionally ecstasy in their wake. But it takes a death for them to make their mark on the landscape forever ...
In 1851 Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are despatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows - gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly forty years, they leave converts and enemies, crosses and occasionally ecstasy in their wake. But it takes a death for them to make their mark on the landscape forever ...
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
VMC
Condition
New
Weight
176g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844083725
SKU
V9781844083725
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About Willa Cather
Born in 1873 to a family who had farmed in Virginia for generations, Willa Cather moved to her father's new ranch in Nebraska when she was eight. The raw frontier territories and the pioneer life of the Old West were to awaken her imagination and furnish the atmosphere for much of her later work. After graduating from the University of ... Read more
Reviews for Death Comes for the Archbishop
A powerful piece of writing, rich with the essence of a poor but beautiful country and a simple yet dignified people
Sunday Times
A tremendous, ranging story, economical and distilled as poetry
Jane Gardam Quite simply a masterpiece . . . I am completely bowled over by it; by the power of its writing, by the vividness ... Read more
Sunday Times
A tremendous, ranging story, economical and distilled as poetry
Jane Gardam Quite simply a masterpiece . . . I am completely bowled over by it; by the power of its writing, by the vividness ... Read more