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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... talking about the red from the fires in the tires they burn . He's talking about enforcing the strikes . " " You must be kidding , " said the Well - Placed Official . " He's talk- ing about blood . He said the streets will run red with ...
... talking about the red from the fires in the tires they burn . He's talking about enforcing the strikes . " " You must be kidding , " said the Well - Placed Official . " He's talk- ing about blood . He said the streets will run red with ...
Page 152
... talk to friends outside . He's not too interested in dancing - after all , he has politics to attend to . And he likes to talk . It's hard to talk with the drumming . While the young people dance , most of the older ones sit around on a ...
... talk to friends outside . He's not too interested in dancing - after all , he has politics to attend to . And he likes to talk . It's hard to talk with the drumming . While the young people dance , most of the older ones sit around on a ...
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... talk at Brooklyn College . For a man on the lecture circuit , he was singularly unchatty when I tried to talk with him . But then , I met him back in Haiti , after his lecture tour . Perhaps he was tired . He is not a young man . He ...
... talk at Brooklyn College . For a man on the lecture circuit , he was singularly unchatty when I tried to talk with him . But then , I met him back in Haiti , after his lecture tour . Perhaps he was tired . He is not a young man . He ...
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