- Fiction, Jesuits, Twenty-first century, Belief and doubt
The only member of the original mission to the planet Rakhat to return to Earth, Father Emilio Sandoz has barely begun to recover from his ordeal when the Society of Jesus calls upon him for help in preparing for another mission to Alpha Centauri.
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Contemporary, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Mary Doria Russell
- First published
- March 24, 1998
- Pages
- 451
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Limited, Villard, Random House Audio
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375751219
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