From Sunrise Land
Gelesen von Expatriate
Amy Wilson Carmichael
(4,625 Sterne; 24 Bewertungen)
One of the most renowned of all Protestant Christian missionaries, Amy Carmichael is remembered most for the fifty-five years she spent doing evangelistic and philanthropic work in India. She began her missions career, however, with fifteen months in Japan before falling ill, returning to Ireland, and then returning to Asia with her focus on India. This collection of letters is a record of that time in Japan, and is fascinating not only for its biographical interest but also for its insights into the rapidly-changing life of fin de siècle Japan and the status of its small unpopular handful of Christian converts, in the same era when Lafcadio Hearn was recording his observations from a very different perspective. Far from free of racial and religious prejudice, Carmichael's record is still heartfelt, revealing, and noteworthy in ways that she certainly would never have intended or expected. Summary by Expatriate. (7 hr 51 min)
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Intriguing
Janelle
(3,5 Sterne)
I enjoyed listening to these letters from Amy Carmichael, both her words and actions were encouraging and challenging. I also enjoyed learning about Japan in the late 1800’s. However I found the book a little disjointed. I’m not sure if that’s because of the letter structure or the fact that I fell asleep occasionally while listening to it.
Jenny Arnold
(5 Sterne)
A night and day difference in Carmichael’s travel perspective and that of Mark Twain in Innocents Abroad. She really did love the people around her and these letters home are very convicting to this day.
Thoroughly enjoyed this!
NZ Nikki
(5 Sterne)
Amy is wonderful, great writer, very descriptive, loved the narrator as well.
Thank you for the well read book! I enjoyed it!
Mika
(4 Sterne)
Francie
(4 Sterne)
poetically written, lyrical prose and well read
Fascinating and inspiring! May her tribe increase!
Jody
(5 Sterne)