The Sparrow
Subtitle: A Novel
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Villard
Published: September 9, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780679451501
Subjects: Science Fiction - Adventure; Religious - Science Fiction; American First Novelists; American Science Fiction And Fantasy; Fiction - Science Fiction; Twenty-first century; Life on other planets; Science Fiction - General; Science Fiction; Christian - Science Fiction; Fiction; Fiction / General; Jesuits
Description: The Sparrow, an astonishing literary debut, takes you on a journey to a distant planet and to the center of the human soul. It is the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a twenty-first-century scientific mission to a newly discovered extraterrestrial culture.

Sandoz and his companions are prepared to endure isolation, hardship and death, but nothing can prepare them for the civilization they encounter, or for the tragic misunderstanding that brings the mission to a catastrophic end. Once considered a living saint, Sandoz returns alone to Earth physically and spiritually maimed, the mission's sole survivor - only to be accused of heinous crimes and blamed for the mission's failure.