The Sparrow
β Scribed by Mary Doria Russell
- Publisher
- Ballantine Book, Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0345510887
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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ebook, 448 pages
Published 1996
Ballantine Books (2008)
British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel (1997)
Goodreads 4.13
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 experienceβthe first contact between human beings and intelligent extraterrestrial lifeβbegins with a small mistake and ends in a horrible catastrophe.
Arthur C. Clarke Award (1998), Kurd-LaΓwitz-Preis for Foreign Novel (2001), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (1997), James Tiptree Jr. Award (1996), Puddly Award for Science Fiction (2001)
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