num_pages: 419
description: In 2019, humanity finally finds proof of extraterrestrial life when a listening post in Puerto Rico picks up exquisite singing from a planet that will come to be known as Rakhat. While United Nations diplomats endlessly debate a possible first contact mission, the Society of Jesus quietly organizes an eight-person scientific expedition of its own. What the Jesuits find is a world so beyond comprehension that it will lead them to question what it means to be "human".
language: English
title: The Sparrow
titlecomplete: The Sparrow (The Sparrow, #1)
characters: Johannes Voelker, John Candotti, Emilio Sandoz, Sofia Mendez, D.W. Yarbrough, Askama, Hlavin Kitheri, Jimmy Quinn, George Edwards, Alan Pace, Anne Edwards, Felipe Reyes, Marc Robichaux, Supaari, Vincenzo Giuliani, Edward Behr
genres: Science Fiction, Novels, Book Club, Science Fiction Fantasy, Religion, Adult, Aliens, Fiction, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction
ratings_count: 73504
places: Borgo Santo Spirito, Rome, Naples, Arecibo, Rakhat, San Juan
series: The Sparrow
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Foreign Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: British Science Fiction Association Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: John W. Campbell Memorial Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 820483200000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Puddly Award
category: Science Fiction
publisher: Ballantine Books