408 pages
English language
Published 2004 by Ballantine Books.
2 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.