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  • Death Comes for the Archbishop

  • Penguin Classics
  • Written by: Willa Cather
  • Narrated by: Ako Mitchell
  • Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Death Comes for the Archbishop

Written by: Willa Cather
Narrated by: Ako Mitchell
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This Penguin Classic is performed by Ako Mitchell. Ako directed and co-wrote I'm in the Corner with the Bluebells. He has performed extensively on the West End, starring in The Lion King and Sister Act among others.

'Where there is great love there are always miracles'

Two French priests have been sent to New Mexico to reawaken the faith. There, they must contend with unforgiving landscapes, danger, rebellion and loneliness. But through their many years together they are sustained by faith, friendship and the awe-inspiring majesty that surrounds them. A work of great simplicity and sublime beauty, Willa Cather's acclaimed novel asks, what is a life well lived?

Death Comes for the Archbishop is a masterpiece by the author of O Pioneers! and the great novelist of American frontier life.

Public Domain (P)2019 Penguin Audio

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"Quite simply a masterpiece...I am completely bowled over by it; by the power of its writing, by the vividness of its scene painting and by the stories it tells." (A. N. Wilson)

"Its whole effect works slowly and mysteriously...a major, and rare, artistic achievement." (A. S. Byatt)

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