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Death Comes for the Archbishop (Vintage Classics) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage Books; Reissue edition (6 Mar 1990)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0679728899
ISBN-13: 978-0679728894
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13 x 1.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Bishop Jean Latour and Father Joseph Vaillant decide to organize the new Roman diocese of Santa Fe following the Mexican War. However, while seeking to build a cathedral in the desert, they face religious corruption and natural adversity. The story is accompanied by textual and historical notes. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Strange... very, very, very strange, 29 Mar 1998

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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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully written tale of two priests in New Mexico, 21 Nov 2000

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This review is from: Death Comes for the Archbishop (Virago modern classics) (Paperback)

This is a beautiful work which pulls you in on a number of levels and is at times both funny and moving. Set in the ninteenth century it is the story of a Bishop and his colleague who are sent by Rome to New Mexico to reawaken the Catholic faith. What they find when they get there is a land and a way of life completely alien to them. The story follows them on their quixotic quest as they meet their flock. The central characters are brilliantly drawn as are the unusual individuals they meet. The amazing landscape is vividly captured throughout, particularly in one section about a village built high on a tower of rock in the centre of an endless plain. Based on the life of a real priest this is a story which deals both with the vastness of a magnificent landscape and the foibles and subtleties of the human heart.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Page turner, 20 Mar 1999

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Cather's descriptions are vivid and extensive, but to my taste not boring. I also liked the "freeze frame" style, because (this may be shallow) I have a 6 month old baby and that limits my time and attention span these days. I resisted this book at first, but got caught up in it pretty quickly. I did wish there was a chapter that fleshed out the Pike's Peak story.

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