Called to perform missionary work on a world light years away where the natives are fascinated by the concepts he introduces, man of faith Peter Leigh finds his beliefs tested when he learns of natural disasters that are tearing Earth apart.
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The Book of Strange New Things
von Michel Faber
Called to perform missionary work on a world light years away where the natives are fascinated by the concepts he introduces, man of faith Peter Leigh finds his beliefs tested when he learns of natural disasters that are tearing Earth apart.
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Rezension von Carlos R. DiazFaith. Love. Immigration. Alienation. These are the four overwhelming themes of Michel Faber's space opera "The Book of Strange New Things." I really enjoyed reading this novel about a man of the cloth named Peter who is given the ultimate assignment: preach the word of God to a new civilization in a foreign planet. His wife, the randy and religious Bea, stays at home on Earth and dispatches e-mails that begin pleasantly and end badly. Faber's prose is polished and pretty. I liked the protagonist and his struggles with faith. My favorite thing about this book is that the edges of the pages are gilded, just like an actual Bible, or "The Book of Strange New Things." That is all.