“Watching him with one eye, she wondered if men ever figured out that they were more appealing when they were pursuing their own work than when they were pursuing a woman.”
Work
A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, <i>The Sparrow </i>tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end.<br> <br> <b>Praise for <i>The Sparrow</i></b><br> <b><i> </i></b><br> “A startling, engrossing, and moral work of fiction.”<b>—<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> </b><br> <br> “Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. <i>The Sparrow </i>is one of them.”<b>—<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br> <br> “Powerful . . . <i>The Sparrow </i>tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence.”<b>—<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b><br> <br> “Provocative, challenging . . . recalls both Arthur C. Clarke and H. G. Wells, with a dash of Ray Bradbury for good measure.”<b>—<i>The Dallas Morning News</i></b><br> <br> “[Mary Doria] Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense.”<b>—<i>USA Today</i></b>
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Mary Doria Russell
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“Watching him with one eye, she wondered if men ever figured out that they were more appealing when they were pursuing their own work than when they were pursuing a woman.”
“There are times...when we are in the midst of life-moments of confrontation with birth or death, or moments of beauty when nature or love is fully revealed, or moments of terrible loneliness...”
“He's not a bad guy, John. It's human nature. He wanted it to be some mistake I made that he wouldn't have made, some flaw in me that he didn't share, so he could believe it wouldn't have hap...”
“I believe in God the way I believe in quarks. People whose business it is to know about quantum physics or religion tell me they have good reason to believe that quarks and God exist. And th...”