- Paperback: 297 pages
- Publisher: Vintage Books; Reissue edition (6 Mar 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0679728899
- ISBN-13: 978-0679728894
- Product Dimensions: 13 x 1.5 x 20.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,016,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Willa Cather's best known novel; a narrative that recounts a life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Strange... very, very, very strange,
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This review is from: Death Comes for the Archbishop (Modern Library) (Hardcover)
I picked up this book in the library purely because of the title. There are certain book titles which, upon seeing, compel me to pick up the book and read it, no matter the content, and "Death Comes for the Archbishop" was one of them. I was expecting to read a dark, gothic novel with deep, philosophical discussions about the nature of good and evil, perhaps with Death and the Archbishop sitting down to a game of chess or something. Instead what do I get? Some thinly veiled Christian dogma set in an "Oh, California" textbook.But here's the strange part... I actually LIKED this book. For no tangible reason, I couldn't put it down. Now, to reiterate, this was what I would have considered, by any normal standards, to be an extremely stupid, boring book. There is no plot, to speak of. There are pages and pages, entire chapters almost, devoted solely to describing how peaceful and beautiful the arid New Mexican landscape is. And although it spans almost fifty years, it moves at the pace of a lone French missionary jorneying through the desert. But despite all this, I found myself liking it more intensely than almost any other book I've ever read. I found myself caught up in its slow, quiet, undulating rhythm. In fact, towards the end, I practically had tears in my eyes from the beauty of it all. I would have given it a ten, if I didn't find this whole thing so damn unsettling.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A great story of harsh life in the wild west.,
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This review is from: Death Comes for the Archbishop (Modern Library) (Hardcover)
I picked up this book during the summer of 1997 in Bandelier National Monument, near Santa Fe, NM. A park guide recommended it & said that Ms. Cather visited the park in the 1920's, when there were no roads to the park. This book will be a treat to anyone who has travelled to or has lived in Enchanting NM. The places that she describes (Pecos, Taos, Santa Fe, Albuquerque) are all very familiar places today. I could not put it down on my 4 hour flight back home from NM. Ms. Cather leads you on the Archbishop's adventures through the wild areas of NM. You will eat in the indian villages, the indian guides will lead you through a snow storm on horseback, you will sleep in a sacred cave and will have to swear to the indians that you will not reveal the secret, you will have a run in with an arrogant, corrupt missionary, you will happen upon a murderous loner in the desert and help his beaten wife escape the tyrant, you will even stay with Kit Carson for a grand dinner party!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
astounding vision,
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This review is from: Death Comes for the Archbishop (Paperback)
This book is so beautifully written it is hard to believe it is fiction. The landscapes and the era and the characters come alive better than in any film about the old west. Staggering imaginative and flawlessly executed.
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