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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... boy's arm as the razor is about to come down across Waldeck's face , takes the blade out of the fist , breaks it in two , throws it out the window . " I didn't realize you were armed , " he says . The boy laughs , all the boys laugh ...
... boy's arm as the razor is about to come down across Waldeck's face , takes the blade out of the fist , breaks it in two , throws it out the window . " I didn't realize you were armed , " he says . The boy laughs , all the boys laugh ...
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... boys , turning from one side of the fight to the other , notice this boy scooping up the tossed food from the floor and eating it . Their faces register disgust . They descend on him , opening his fist and emptying its pathetic contents ...
... boys , turning from one side of the fight to the other , notice this boy scooping up the tossed food from the floor and eating it . Their faces register disgust . They descend on him , opening his fist and emptying its pathetic contents ...
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... boy is sick , " Benito tells the crowd . " Every time my son is supposed to go to school at Port - de - Paix [ the ... boy's head and makes a few passes at him with the knife . With the knife , he makes the sign of the cross on the boy's ...
... boy is sick , " Benito tells the crowd . " Every time my son is supposed to go to school at Port - de - Paix [ the ... boy's head and makes a few passes at him with the knife . With the knife , he makes the sign of the cross on the boy's ...
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