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The Sparrow

By Mary Doria Russell

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| Paperback | 9780449912553

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ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

"A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT . . . Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense."
--USA Today

"AN EXPERIENCE NOT TO BE MISSED . . . If you have to send a group of people to a newly discoContinue

ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

"A NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT . . . Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense."
--USA Today

"AN EXPERIENCE NOT TO BE MISSED . . . If you have to send a group of people to a newly discovered planet to contact a totally unknown species, whom would you choose? How about four Jesuit priests, a young astronomer, a physician, her engineer husband, and a child prostitute-turned-computer-expert? That's who Mary Doria Russell sends in her new novel, The Sparrow. This motley combination of agnostics, true believers, and misfits becomes the first to explore the Alpha Centuri world of Rakhat with both enlightening and disastrous results. . . . Vivid and engaging . . . An incredible novel."
--Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"POWERFUL . . . Father Emilio Sandoz [is] the only survivor of a Jesuit mission to the planet Rakhat, 'a soul . . . looking for God.' We first meet him in Italy . . . sullen and bitter. . . . But he was not always this way, as we learn through flashbacks that tell the story of the ill-fated trip. . . . The Sparrow tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"SMOOTH STORYTELLING AND GORGEOUS CHARACTERIZATION . . . Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them."
--Entertainment Weekly

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  • This is one of my all-time favorite books and the sequel is just as good and expands on the themes. Though is uses the framework of science fiction and first contact with another planet (which I love), it can also be seen as a cautionary tale about colonialism and trying to understand a culture very ... (continue)

    This is one of my all-time favorite books and the sequel is just as good and expands on the themes. Though is uses the framework of science fiction and first contact with another planet (which I love), it can also be seen as a cautionary tale about colonialism and trying to understand a culture very different from one's own. I highly recommend it!

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 448 Pages
  • Edition: Reissue
  • ISBN-10: 0449912558
  • ISBN-13: 9780449912553
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Pub date: Sep 08, 1997
  • Dimensions: 1355 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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