The Sparrow

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.

Set in

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  Arecibo Observatory · United States

  SETI discovery, mission origin
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Set in space

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  Rakhat4.37 ly

  Rakhat, the inhabited world discovered via radio signals · fictional world
  ★ primary