408 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 1996 by Villard Books.
4 stars
(1 review)
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
- Jesuits -- Fiction
- Life on other planets -- Fiction
- Twenty-first century -- Fiction