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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Page 67
... Pétionville , the capital's rich hilltop suburb where Tonton Paul had been mayor , Boutilliers had a view of all of Port - au - Prince , and it was dark at night up there , with the city glowing below like two handfuls of embers thrown ...
... Pétionville , the capital's rich hilltop suburb where Tonton Paul had been mayor , Boutilliers had a view of all of Port - au - Prince , and it was dark at night up there , with the city glowing below like two handfuls of embers thrown ...
Page 107
... Pétionville , when your mulatto host asks you if you want something to drink , and you say a Coke , he says , " Well , I'll get it for you , " and claps his hands . Then black Joseph or Marcel or Dieuseul appears in the doorway , and ...
... Pétionville , when your mulatto host asks you if you want something to drink , and you say a Coke , he says , " Well , I'll get it for you , " and claps his hands . Then black Joseph or Marcel or Dieuseul appears in the doorway , and ...
Page 200
... Pétionville , to whites , and to Haitians from the diaspora . In most cases of disease , such people wouldn't dream of going near a houn- gan . When Jeanne and Sylvain's daughters get sick , Jeanne takes them to see a doctor on Rue ...
... Pétionville , to whites , and to Haitians from the diaspora . In most cases of disease , such people wouldn't dream of going near a houn- gan . When Jeanne and Sylvain's daughters get sick , Jeanne takes them to see a doctor on Rue ...
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