The sparrow

A Novel

408 pages

English language

Published Nov. 7, 1996 by Villard Books.

ISBN:
9780679451501
OCLC Number:
34281380

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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.

14 editions

Subjects

  • Jesuits -- Fiction
  • Life on other planets -- Fiction
  • Twenty-first century -- Fiction