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Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Thomas, Joan
- Virallinen nimi
- Thomas, Sandra Joan
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- Canada
- Asuinpaikat
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Koulutus
- University of Winnipeg
- Ammatit
- Columnist
- Organisaatiot
- Globe and Mail
- Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award (2014)
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- Teokset
- 5
- Jäseniä
- 286
- Suosituimmuussija
- #81,618
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.6
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 24
- ISBN:t
- 25
- Kuinka monen suosikki
- 1
In 1956 a group of five American male missionaries from an evangelical church entered the Amazonian rain forest in Ecuador. They wanted to convert a tribe of indigenous nomadic people known by them as the Auca but who are now called the Waorani. They didn't know the tribe's language because this tribe had never had contact with people outside of their territory. One woman had fled the tribe in fear for her life and lived in a settlement that did have contact with outsiders. Rachel Saint, the sister of one of the male missionaries, had spent some time with her supposedly learning the language but Rachel was no linguist and her notebook of Waorani words was filled with errors. The men of course did not know that so they attempted to talk to three Waorani who showed up at their encampment. Despite the language difficulties they had a peaceful encounter but a few days later all the men were killed by the Waorani tribesmen. Their reasons for this are revealed later in the book but initially the attack was viewed as unprovoked and savage. The wives of all of the men and the sister Rachel grieved but they also felt that God must have had a reason for taking all of the men. Most of the wives stayed in Ecuador to continue the missionary work; Rachel and Elizabeth Elliott actually went back into the Waorani territory (Elizabeth took her young daughter) and were accepted, perhaps because they were female. The result was that the Waorani ceased being nomadic and oil companies and other resource extractors got access to their territory. All of this is documented but Thomas brings in a contemporary story line as well that is purely fictional. Despite that it seems very real; several times in our discussion with Joan we referred to the fictional characters as if they were real.
I had never encountered the story of Operation Auca before but Joan told us that in the ecumenical church in which she was raised the story was well known. Perhaps if I had been raised in a more ecumenical religion rather than the United Church it would have been part of my upbringing as well. The idea of putting all your trust in God and going into the jungle may seem brave at first but in reality the men, who took guns and body armor with them, were probably not as brave as Rachel and Elizabeth who walked into the settlement with no protection. Yet it is the men who received most of the attention in the North American press; this book is one of the few that introduces the women's story. Highly recommended.… (lisätietoja)