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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679728899
ISBN-13
9780679728894
eBay Product ID (ePID)
171534

Product Key Features

Book Title
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Christian / Classic & Allegory, Christian / Historical, Literary, Westerns, Historical
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Fiction
Author
Willa Cather
Book Series
Vintage Classics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.7 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Trade
LCCN
89-040540
Reviews
"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"The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world as solidly as our five senses build the universe around us."-Rebecca West"[Cather's] descriptions of the Indian mesa towns on the rock are as beautiful, as unjudging, as lucid, as her descriptions of the Bishop's cathedral. It is an art of 'making,' of clear depiction-of separate objects, whose whole effect works slowly and mysteriously in the reader, and cannot be summed up . . . Cather's composed acceptance of mystery is a major, and rare, artistic achievement."-from the Introduction by A. S. Byatt From the Hardcover edition., "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." -- The New York Times "The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world as solidly as our five senses build the uiverse around us." --Rebecca West "[Cather's] descriptions of the Indian mesa towns on the rock are as beautiful, as unjudging, as lucid, as her descriptions of the Bishop's cathedral. It is an art of 'making,' of clear depiction--of separate objects, whose whole effect works slowly and mysteriously in the reader, and cannot be summed up.... Cather's composed acceptance of mystery is a major, and rare, artistic achievement." --A. S. Byatt, "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 "The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world as solidly as our five senses build the universe around us." -Rebecca West "[Cather's] descriptions of the Indian mesa towns on the rock are as beautiful, as unjudging, as lucid, as her descriptions of the Bishop's cathedral. It is an art of 'making,' of clear depiction-of separate objects, whose whole effect works slowly and mysteriously in the reader, and cannot be summed up . . . Cather's composed acceptance of mystery is a major, and rare, artistic achievement." -from the Introduction by A. S. Byatt, "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 "The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world as solidly as our five senses build the universe around us." -Rebecca West "[Cather's] descriptions of the Indian mesa towns on the rock are as beautiful, as unjudging, as lucid, as her descriptions of the Bishop's cathedral. It is an art of 'making,' of clear depiction-of separate objects, whose whole effect works slowly and mysteriously in the reader, and cannot be summed up . . . Cather's composed acceptance of mystery is a major, and rare, artistic achievement." -from the Introduction by A. S. Byatt From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20250219
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Synopsis
From one of the most highly acclaimed novelists of the twentieth century: a truly remarkable book" ( The New York Times), an epic story of a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. With a new introduction by Claire Messud. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows--gently, all the while contending with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Out of these events, Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time itself seems suspended., Willa Cather's best known novel is an epic--almost mythic--story of a single human life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow, Latour spreads his faith in the only way he knows--gently, all the while contending with an unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Out of these events, Cather gives us an indelible vision of life unfolding in a place where time itself seems suspended.
LC Classification Number
PS3505.A87D4 1990

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  • by ashtons21
    09 Mar, 2016Most favourable review

    One of the best books we've read!

    My wife and I read it aloud to each other and thoroughly enjoyed Cather's ability to describe scenery, events, and in particular the feelings of the main character. Her language frequently caused us to look at each other and smile or in some other way admire it. We highly recommend this book.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: colman24

  • by ju-9824
    22 Feb, 2025

    worn but perfectly readable. very cool s...

    worn but perfectly readable. very cool story about the Catholic church's earliest years in New Mexico region

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

  • by michellerpent
    16 Jan, 2025

    Great story but the book had too many no...

    Great story but the book had too many notes on it, and underlinings. 

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: gulfcoastllc

  • by docu_3174
    02 Mar, 2025

    This was a second hand book in excellent...

    This was a second hand book in excellent condition.

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  • by its*willa
    27 Dec, 2018

    Catholic New Mexico in the 1800s

    This is an amazing story about New Mexico in the late 1800s told theough the eyes if a French Priest who became archbishop. An interesting look into that era and place.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: betterworldbooks

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