Mary Doria Russell · 1996 · Novel
Series: Sparrow — #1
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.
Source: OpenLibrary
Tags: FictionHistorical FictionJesuitsLife on other planetsLiteratureRomanceTwenty-first centuryFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, religiousLGBTQ gender identity
isfdb_id: 7977
openlibrary_id: OL2732491W
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