The Sparrow (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

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  • Author : Mary Doria Russell
  • Binding : Paperback
  • EAN : 9780449912553
  • Edition : 2008 Ballantine Books Trade Pbk. Ed
  • ISBN : 0449912558
  • Label : Fawcett
  • Languages : Original Language: English, Published: English
  • Manufacturer : Fawcett
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Number Of Pages : 408
  • Package Dimensions : 1.10 inches (Height) x 8.20 inches (Length) x 0.80 pounds (Weight) x 5.50 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Book
  • Publication Date : 2005-03-28
  • Publisher : Fawcett
  • SKU : 2150863737
  • Studio : Fawcett

This strange, ambitious science fiction novel has already won enough attention for its first-time author to make it a selection by both the Book of the Month and QPB clubs. Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit linguist, heads a team of scientists and explorers on an expedition to the planet Rakhat, where contact has been established with two apparently primitive races, the Runa and the Jana'ata. The narrative shifts back and forth between 2016, when contact is first made, and 2060, to a Vatican inquest interrogating the maimed and broken Sandoz. A palaeoanthropologist, Russell makes the descriptions of the inhabitants of Rakhat both convincing and unsettling.

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