Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather

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Vintage Classics
19 November 2019

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Religious & spiritual fiction; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church

A moving testament to friendship, published for the first time by Vintage Classics as part of our Willa Cather series.

A portrait of an enduring friendship, from one of America's most celebrated novelists.

'Quite simply a masterpiece' Daily Telegraph

Two priests are despatched from Rome to New Mexico to reinvigorate Catholicism among the locals, knowing little of the challenges that await them. Over almost four decades they encounter a rich variety of people, from rebellious Mexican priests to steadfast Native Americans uninterested in changing their longstanding customs.

'Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously ... a major, and rare, artistic achievement' AS Byatt

By: Willa Cather
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 183g
ISBN: 9781784874452
ISBN 10: 1784874450
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 19 November 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Willa Cather was a Pulitzer prize-winning American writer, best known for her novels of Nebraskan frontier life. Born in 1873 near Winchester, Virginia, she moved with her family to Catherton, Nebraska in 1883, and the landscape went on to have a formative effect on her. Before becoming a full-time writer, Cather worked as a journalist, a magazine editor and a teacher. Her first novel, Alexander's Bridge, was published in 1912, followed by titles including O Pioneers! (1913); The Song of the Lark (1915); My ntonia (1918); One of Ours (1922), for which she won the Pulitzer Prize; Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) and Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940). She died in New York in 1947.

Reviews for Death Comes for the Archbishop

Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously ... a major, and rare, artistic achievement -- A. S. Byatt Quite simply a masterpiece . . . I am completely bowled over by it; by the power of its writing, by the vividness of its scene painting and by the stories it tells...This is a book which I go on rereading. -- A. N. Wilson * Daily Telegraph *