The sparrow
By: Mary Doria Russell.
Publisher: RB Large Print
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Prince Frederick, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 665
Subjects: Jesuits -- Fiction.; Twenty-first century -- Fiction.; Life on other planets -- Fiction.; Large type books.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The Sparrow is a novel about a remarkable man, a living saint, a life-long celibate and Jesuit priest, who undergoes an experience so harrowing and profound that it makes him question the existence of God. This experience--the first contact between human beings and intelligent extraterrestrial life--begins with a small mistake and ends in a horrible catastrophe.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Villard Books, 1996.

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