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 103
... courtyard , a huge , urgent mass filing into a very narrow , dark hallway . The crush was hot and fast . If you didn't know the corri- dor , its small steps at the front and back , how smooth the surface of the dark floor , the twist ...
... courtyard , a huge , urgent mass filing into a very narrow , dark hallway . The crush was hot and fast . If you didn't know the corri- dor , its small steps at the front and back , how smooth the surface of the dark floor , the twist ...
Page 350
... courtyard they poured gas on the congregants ' cars and jeeps and lit them . As the church began to burn , a group of killers , still looking for Aristide , attempted to get into the inner courtyard . But the youths hiding within fought ...
... courtyard they poured gas on the congregants ' cars and jeeps and lit them . As the church began to burn , a group of killers , still looking for Aristide , attempted to get into the inner courtyard . But the youths hiding within fought ...
Page 353
... courtyard , the body of a man dressed in white for the Constitution lay face down in a puddle of blood halfway across the inner courtyard . Wounded in the attack , he had managed to make it out of the church and through the sacristy ...
... courtyard , the body of a man dressed in white for the Constitution lay face down in a puddle of blood halfway across the inner courtyard . Wounded in the attack , he had managed to make it out of the church and through the sacristy ...
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