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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... palace , if it took place , was a rare event . In general , Jean - Claude had spent little time there , preferring the se- clusion of his beach house or his ranch or his mountain villa . The palace was more important under his black ...
... palace , if it took place , was a rare event . In general , Jean - Claude had spent little time there , preferring the se- clusion of his beach house or his ranch or his mountain villa . The palace was more important under his black ...
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... palace . Finally we inched down Sans - Fil onto Borgella , and there was a white car coming fast in the opposite direction . " La petite Charade ! " shouted one of the girls , pointing . I looked , expecting for no reason other than the ...
... palace . Finally we inched down Sans - Fil onto Borgella , and there was a white car coming fast in the opposite direction . " La petite Charade ! " shouted one of the girls , pointing . I looked , expecting for no reason other than the ...
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... palace ; he was in there now , getting a few last hours of the day's business attended to before night set in and other business was undertaken . There was something about it , that palace . Our cameraman couldn't get away from it ...
... palace ; he was in there now , getting a few last hours of the day's business attended to before night set in and other business was undertaken . There was something about it , that palace . Our cameraman couldn't get away from it ...
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