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For the 150th anniversary of Willa Cather's birth, and for the first time in Penguin Classics, her quietly beautiful novel of one man's life as he encounters the harsh landscape of the New Mexico desert and the people who inhabit it, with an introduction by National Book Award... Read Full Overview

About Death Comes for the Archbishop Death Comes for the Archbishop by American author Willa Cather is a work of literary fiction first published in the US. ' The Miracles of the Church seem to me not to rest so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near... Read Full Overview

In 1851 Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are despatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows-gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict... Read Full Overview

"Death Comes for the Archbishop" is the critically acclaimed novel of the settlement of the American Southwest by celebrated author Willa Cather. First published in 1927, it is widely regarded as one of the best American books of the 20th century and masterfully captures this... Read Full Overview

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather is a mesmerizing tale of faith, perseverance, and the untamed beauty of the American Southwest. Follow the journey of Bishop Latour and his friend Father Vaillant as they navigate the challenges of building a diocese in a rugged... Read Full Overview

Introduction by A. S. Byatt

The narrative is based on two historical figures of the late 19th century, Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf, and rather than any one singular plot, is the stylized re-telling of their lives serving as Roman Catholic clergy in New Mexico. The narrative has... Read Full Overview