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Aug 08, 2016ArapahoeJeremiah rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A literary sci-fi story set in the future, in which the main character, Peter (a Christian minister), voyages to an alien planet named Oasis to fulfill a missionary role. The story tells of his experiences on this world, what he learns and how he changes, and the effects of this upon his relationship with his wife, Bea (who is still on Earth). A type of slow interplanetary email is the only means of communication between Earth and Oasis, resulting in a portion of the novel being epistolary. The book is 1) a portrait of a marriage (from both sides), 2) a deep religious probing of truth and faith, and 3) an imaginative, fascinating sci-fi story. Faber very creatively incorporates alien words into the book, and somehow magically makes everything extremely realistic, even the alien planet and its natives. The book was praised by some of the biggest authors in current mainstream fiction. A personal favorite of mine.