TY - BOOK AU - Cather,Willa TI - Death comes for the archbishop T2 - Penguin modern classics SN - 9780241338261 U1 - [Fic] 23 PY - 2018/// CY - United Kingdom PB - Penguin KW - Clergy KW - Fiction KW - New Mexico KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N2 - Two French priests, friends since childhood, are sent to the newly created diocese of New Mexico. Life there is hard and frequently dangerous. Journeys between parishes are beset by the perils of bandits and storms. The people do not always want to hear the priests' message. But through their many years together, the two priests are sustained by friendship, faith and the magnificent landscapes of New Mexico, until at last they must be separated. Cather's beautiful novel is renowned for its vivid writing on landscape and is a variation on her great theme- the making of America in the west ER -