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The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell · Booklabria

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The Sparrow

RomanceScience Fiction

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First published: 1996
Language: English
Editions: 18

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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.

Subjects: Romance
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Life on other planets
Religious
Twenty-first century

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