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 91
... Saline was burning , too , and I wanted to get there before the rain . I had friends in La Saline . I wondered how Mimette was , for example . When she is not busy with her kite , Mimette likes to sit on my lap on a broken - down chair ...
... Saline was burning , too , and I wanted to get there before the rain . I had friends in La Saline . I wondered how Mimette was , for example . When she is not busy with her kite , Mimette likes to sit on my lap on a broken - down chair ...
Page 190
... Saline - a day so hot I had to wipe sweat out of my eyes and pull my hair back from my face - a few minutes after I had left Mimette wearing the lacy blue socks I had just given her , and dancing in the dirt , I ran across a man in a ...
... Saline - a day so hot I had to wipe sweat out of my eyes and pull my hair back from my face - a few minutes after I had left Mimette wearing the lacy blue socks I had just given her , and dancing in the dirt , I ran across a man in a ...
Page 397
... Saline in order to beautify the port area of the capital . Our car drove down Boulevard de La Saline past gleaming tin shanties that seemed to give off their own light . The sky was black ; it was always night in this Haiti . We entered ...
... Saline in order to beautify the port area of the capital . Our car drove down Boulevard de La Saline past gleaming tin shanties that seemed to give off their own light . The sky was black ; it was always night in this Haiti . We entered ...
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