Death Comes for the Archbishop
“A truly remarkable book…soaked through and through with atmosphere…From the riches of her imagination and sympathy Miss Cather has distilled a very rare piece of literature. It stands out, from the very resistance it opposes to classification.”
New York Times
A Publishers Weekly Pick of Must-Read Crime Books Set in the American West
A Life Magazine Pick of 100 Outstanding Books of 1924 to 1944
One of Time Magazine's Best 100 English-Language Novels from 1923–2005
One of the Modern Library's 100 Best English-Language Novels of the Twentieth Century
A Western Writers of America Pick of the 10 Best Western Novels of the 20th Century
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Ako Mitchell. Ako directed and co-wrote I'm in the Corner with the Bluebells. He has performed extensively on the West End, starring in The Lion King and Sister Act among others.
'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' A. N. Wilson
'Where there is great love there are always miracles'
Two French priests have been sent to New Mexico to reawaken the faith. There, they must contend with unforgiving landscapes, danger, rebellion and loneliness. But through their many years together they are sustained by faith, friendship and the awe-inspiring majesty that surrounds them. A work of great simplicity and sublime beauty, Willa Cather's acclaimed novel asks, what is a life well lived?
Death Comes for the Archbishop is a masterpiece by the author of O Pioneers! and the great novelist of American frontier life.
'Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously ... a major, and rare, artistic achievement' A. S. Byatt
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