The Sparrow (novel)
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The Sparrow (1996) is the first novel by author Mary Doria Russell. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award. It was followed by a sequel, Children of God, in 1998. The title refers to Gospel of Matthew 10:29–31, which relates that not even a sparrow falls to the earth without God's knowledge thereof.
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Author | Mary Doria Russell |
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Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction, Philosophical, Mystery fiction |
Publisher | Villard |
Publication date | 1996 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 408 pp |
ISBN | 0-679-45150-1 |
OCLC | 34281380 |
813/.54 20 | |
LC Class | PS3568.U76678 S63 1996 |
Followed by | Children of God |
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