Death Comes for the Archbishop
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31.05.2026
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Waking Lion PressSeitenzahl
56 (Printausgabe)
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1390 KB
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1. Auflage
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Englisch
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9781434118363
Set in the 1850s, this short novel is about the struggles and triumphs of a bishop, Jean Marie Latour, and his loyal friend and vicar, Father Joseph Vaillant. They have been sent to reawaken and spread the Roman Catholic faith in an area where it has grown weak: New Mexico, recently annexed by the United States. Desolate and remote, the territory is home to many diverse groups: Mexicans, including those on ranches established for hundreds of years; Indians, who have been there much longer and who are divided by language and customs into thirty nations; and newcomers-hunters, fur trappers, and those seeking gold. This book is as much their story as it is the story of the priests and the vast changes the land itself underwent in those years.
Death Comes for the Archbishop was a departure for Willa Cather, who had already published eight novels before publishing this one in 1927. The novel doesn't try to follow a single unified story the way many historical novels do; instead, its nine chapters are episodic, filled with stories, legends, histories, and descriptions of the Southwest, which Cather had been visiting for many years before she started writing it.
Many of its main characters, including the bishop and his vicar, are thinly disguised versions of real-life historical figures, while other famous New Mexicans of the day, including the frontiersman Kit Carson and the "powerful old priest," Antonio José Martínez, appear under their actual names.
Perfect for readers who love beautifully crafted historical fiction about the American frontier, this Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece captures the raw beauty and spiritual challenges of the untamed West. Cather's luminous prose and deeply human characters make this an unforgettable journey of faith, friendship, and cultural transformation that will resonate long after the final page.
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