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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... rain , standing pressed against a stone retaining wall , the figure seemed to shine . The little light left , almost ... Rain shut out my view for a second . Then the wipers . The figure again this time I could see that it was a man ...
... rain , standing pressed against a stone retaining wall , the figure seemed to shine . The little light left , almost ... Rain shut out my view for a second . Then the wipers . The figure again this time I could see that it was a man ...
Page 244
... rainfall going . They absorb the rain from the skies , and then the sun heats it back out of them , creating the humidity that again forms the clouds that will bring the rain once more , and water for the seed . Haitian peasants know ...
... rainfall going . They absorb the rain from the skies , and then the sun heats it back out of them , creating the humidity that again forms the clouds that will bring the rain once more , and water for the seed . Haitian peasants know ...
Page 265
... rains to come . Some years they just don't come . Tout pye - bwa koupe , lapli pa tonbe . " All the trees have been cut , the rain doesn't fall . But as you walk down the steep hill to the nursery , it seems that rain — which is hope in ...
... rains to come . Some years they just don't come . Tout pye - bwa koupe , lapli pa tonbe . " All the trees have been cut , the rain doesn't fall . But as you walk down the steep hill to the nursery , it seems that rain — which is hope in ...
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