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Introduction by A. S. Byatt Willa Cather's story of the missionary priest Father Jean Marie Latour and his work of faith in the wilderness of the Southwest is told with a spare but sensuous directness and profound artistry. When Latour arrives in 1851 in the territory of New Mexico, newly acquired by the United States, what he finds is a vast desert region of red hills and tortured arroyos that is American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. Over the next four decades, Latour works gently and tirelessly to spread his faith and to build a soaring cathedral out of the local golden rock-while contending with unforgiving terrain, derelict and sometimes rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP shares a limitless, craggy beauty with the New Mexico landscape of desert, mountain, and canyon in which its central action takes place, and its evocations of that landscape and those who are drawn to it suggest why Cather is acknowledged without question as the most poetically exact chronicler of the American frontier.

O Pioneers!, Willa Cather's first great novel, is the classic American story of pioneer life as embodied by one remarkable woman and her singular devotion to the land. Alexandra Bergson arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Nebraska as a young girl and grows up to turn it into a prosperous farm. In this unforgettable story, Cather conveys both the physical realities of the landscape, as well as the mythic sweep of the transformation of the frontier, more faithfully and perhaps more fully than any other work of fiction.

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Anno 1851. Jean-Marie Latour, un giovane sacerdote francese dotato di un’acuta intelligenza, viene inviato in New Mexico in veste di vicario apostolico. Il paese ha appena subito l'annessione al territorio degli Stati Uniti d'America e, secondo la Chiesa di Roma, è governato da parroci dalla condotta immorale, nonché profondamente provato dalla contrapposizione tra gli interessi dei colonizzatori e la lotta dei nativi americani per mantenere la propria identità. Qui, Latour viaggerà di villaggio in villaggio, intenzionato a riportare l’armonia e la fede nell‘animo degli abitanti.Willa Sibert Cather (1873 – 1947) è stata una scrittrice statunitense, insignita del premio Pulitzer nel 1923 grazie al romanzo "Uno dei nostri". Willa Cather si approccia alla letteratura in seguito a una collaborazione con un giornale locale di Pittsburgh, carriera che in seguito dedicherà a tematiche di stampo esistenziale e culturale. Tra le sue opere principali, oltre a "Uno dei nostri", ricordiamo "La casa del professore", "Il mio mortale nemico" e "La morte viene per l’arcivescovo".

Les derniers bateaux ont leve les voiles et disparu de l'horizon. Pas un navire ne reviendra avant huit mois. De octobre a juillet, les colons seront seuls sur ce rocher eloigne de l'Europe, cette terre nouvelle appelee Quebec.Pour la plupart, le Quebec est synonyme d'exil, d'hiver rude, de forets vierges et de nature sauvage. Mais pour Cecile Auclair, une fillette de douze ans arrivee au Canada depuis son plus jeune age, ce rocher grisatre et isole est sa maison et son unique raison d'etre.Au fil des pages, Cecile prouve que le courage et la devotion sont a l'origine des plus grandes nations. A travers son histoire, c'est celle du Quebec du XVIIe siecle que l'on decouvre. Willa Cather restitue la fondation d'un pays aux paysages grandioses. Le livre a remporte le Prix Femina americain.-

First published in 1896, The Burglar's Christmas is a short story by the great American writer Willa Cather. Set in Chicago on a cold Christmas Eve, the down-and-out Crawford learns the value of forgiveness. 25% of the RRP goes to Three Peas, a refugee charity.

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After the death of his parents, Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Nebraska, where he meets his first and most prominent love, Antonia Shimera. As pioneers in Nebraska, the Shimera family expected hardships, but none as devastating as a death in the family. Narrated by Jim Burden, an orphan living with his grandparents next door to the Shimeräs, My Antonia follows the coming of age and life of Jim and Antonia, the eldest daughter in the Shimera family. Starting when Jim and Antonia were young kids, the Burdens and the Shimeräs live as neighbors in the plains of 19th century Nebraska. While the weather was often harsh and the untamed land made it difficult to yield crops, the Shimera family worked hard to maintain a content life. However, when a tragic death strikes the Shimera family, they fall into poverty despite the aid Jim¿s grandparents try to offer. As her family¿s farm fails, Antonia has to quit school to help out with manual labor. Antonia gets a job as a town girl, helping care for children and households in order to support her family. Meanwhile, Jim moves into town as well for higher education, and is able to reconnect with Antonia, though she does not have as much leisure time as he does. As they both grow into adulthood, Jim witnesses the Shimeräs and Antonia to make difficult choices and somber sacrifices, contrasting their hardships to his own comfortable life. My Antonia earned commercial and critical acclaim soon after its publication, and has inspired film and stage adaptations since. With themes of feminism, insight on lower class Americans, and the use of deep metaphors, Willa Cather¿s My Antonia is a classic gem worthy of even more recognition. Now redesigned with an eye-catching cover and printed in an easy-to-read font, this edition of Willa Cather¿s My Antonia restores the classic novel to create an engaging experience for modern audiences.

On his deathbed, John Bergson, the head of a Swedish American family, decided to will the family farm to his daughter, Alexandra, instead of her two older brothers. Though it upset his sons, John was firm in his decision, knowing that the conditions in Nebraska required discipline and strength to strive. Alexandra, already a strong-willed woman, accepted the farm and devoted herself to it. Through droughts and depression, Alexandräs neighbors give up and move away, but Alexandra is determined to make the farm succeed and prove that her father made the right decision. A time jump in the narrative affirms Alexandräs goals, but invites troubles to rival those presented by the harsh realities of the Nebraska plains. Carl Lindstrum, an old friend and neighbor, comes back into town after his abrupt departure years before, stirring an old flame between he and Alexandra. Emil, Alexandräs younger brother, also returns home after going to a state college. The two Bergson siblings, Alexandra and Emil, soon find themselves in forbidden relationships. With the pressure of secret love, unpredictable weather, murder, and scandal, Alexandra and Emil must persevere to protect their family and preserve their happiness. Separated into five sections, The Wild Land, Neighboring Fields, Winter Memories, The White Mulberry Tree, and Alexandra, Willa Cather¿s O Pioneers! depicts neighborly disputes, forbidden love, family drama, and murder, all to the backdrop of pioneer Nebraska. With themes of feminism and innovation, O Pioneers inspires perseverance and participation in new inventions and ideas. O Pioneers! is the first of the critically acclaimed and commercially praised Great Plains trilogy, entertaining with its drama and sentiment while enlightening audiences with visceral depictions of pioneer life in the early origins of midwestern America. With a new eye-catching cover design and reprinted in an easy-to-read font, this edition of O Pioneers! , written by the esteemed author Willa Cather, is now accessible and appealing for a modern audience.

Born in a small Colorado town, Thea Kronborg's aspirations to be a famed musician makes it difficult for her to fit in. With the reputation of being different and strange, Thea has a challenging time getting along with her siblings and peers, though her mother and Aunt are supportive of her dreams. When Thea's piano instructor is run out of town over a scandal, Thea takes over his business at age fifteen. She is also forced by her father to play the organ at their church because he believes this new devotion to a job would make her less pious. Despite her new jobs and outlet for her musical ability, Thea feels unsatisfied in Colorado, but when tragedy strikes, she finally gets an opportunity to chase her dreams. After the death of a local conductor that had been enamored by her, Thea inherits enough money to pursue a formal music education in Chicago. During her piano training, and with the help of some of her Chicago friends and mentors, Thea realizes that she has an impressive singing voice. After feeling inspired by a visit to the orchestra, Thea decides to pursue a career as an opera singer. With a new dream and drive, Thea struggles to achieve her goals without compromising her values and independence. Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark breaks the conventions of its time with the depiction of an independent woman protagonist with aspirations outside of the home. Cather also challenged the typical depiction of small-town country life by presenting realities such as the common uniformity and intolerance sometimes expressed within rural communities. The Song of the Lark remains to be a fascinating look into 19th century rural life, with an unadulterated view on the journey of an artist. This edition of The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather is accommodating to a contemporary audience with a modern font and stunning new cover design.

In The Burglar’s Christmas, William, caught mid-burglary, must come to terms with the choices that led him to that moment. Willa Cather provides a heartwarming short story of redemption and love at Christmas, a timely reminder that kindness is in everyone, just waiting to be uncovered.

This bittersweet tale about a professor's desire to stay in his old study and cling to what used to be on the eve of moving into a new house sparks deep introspection in a story that explores a mid-life crisis and family life in a 1920s Midwestern college town.

De to unge, franske præster, idealisten Jean-Marie Latour og realisten Joseph Vaillant, beordres af paven på en mission i det nordlige Mexico for at sikre, at den katolske tro kommer på fode igen. Sammen tilbagelægger de tusindvis af mil på heste- og muldyrryg gennem bortgemte landsbyer, hvor både beboernes og præsternes tro er stærkt svækket og sammenblandet med oldgamle indianske skikke og myter. Inspireret af sin barndoms kirker hjemme i Auvergne, sætter Fader Latour kronen på sit livsværk og får bygget en domkirke i Santa Fé.Den amerikanske forfatter og journalist Willa Cather (1873-1947) voksede op i Nebraska og blev i sin litteratur ved at vende tilbage til den vestlige stats emigrantmiljø og øde prærielandskaber. Hun skrev hele sit liv, og hendes roman "One of Ours" blev tildelt en Pulitzer pris i 1922. Når forfatterskabet vandt fornyet popularitet blandt feminister i 1970’erne, så var det måske fordi der er mange kvindelige pionerer i Cathers fortællinger.