The Rainy Season: Haiti Since DuvalierThis welcome interpretation of Haiti provides many insights into a country that few North Americans understand. Wilentz, a journalist, captures the complex cultural ambience and mystery of domestic politics with a penetrating eye and powerful description. Covering the years 1986-89, Wilentz analyzes political developments, centering her interpretations on the activities of a radical priest, interspersed with individual Haitian portraits and personal incidents. The flavor of Haiti is superbly conveyed, as are some unsavory aspects of the role of the press, the Catholic Church, and the U.S. embassy, but Wilentz's narrative is often unclear and her objectivity flawed. For academic and large public libraries.-- Roderic A. Camp, Central Coll., Pella, Ia . -Library Journal. |
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... Waldeck . " Me too , me too , " say the others . " We'll have to rent our own plane , " I say . " Our own plane , " says Ti Bernard . " Can we sleep in it ? " " Will we have to speak English ? " asks Waldeck . " I speak English , " says ...
... Waldeck . " Me too , me too , " say the others . " We'll have to rent our own plane , " I say . " Our own plane , " says Ti Bernard . " Can we sleep in it ? " " Will we have to speak English ? " asks Waldeck . " I speak English , " says ...
Page 135
... Waldeck . How could I do otherwise ? The sun had been too hot for too long to worry about whether the ice was clean , and then , of course , it was the first and only time Waldeck had ever spent money on me . I had to say yes , and I ...
... Waldeck . How could I do otherwise ? The sun had been too hot for too long to worry about whether the ice was clean , and then , of course , it was the first and only time Waldeck had ever spent money on me . I had to say yes , and I ...
Page 407
... Waldeck told me . Maybe it was true . A few weeks before , he said , he and Ayiti had been taken across the border for a " vacation , " and then sold to a cane plantation . In Waldeck's version , Waldeck had escaped . " I don't like ...
... Waldeck told me . Maybe it was true . A few weeks before , he said , he and Ayiti had been taken across the border for a " vacation , " and then sold to a cane plantation . In Waldeck's version , Waldeck had escaped . " I don't like ...
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