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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... faces at the police- men and blocked police cars from moving , the authorities did not shoot . The youths wanted ... face to forget : hollow - cheeked , goggle - eyed , wide - mouthed . The foreign journalists called him diminutive ...
... faces at the police- men and blocked police cars from moving , the authorities did not shoot . The youths wanted ... face to forget : hollow - cheeked , goggle - eyed , wide - mouthed . The foreign journalists called him diminutive ...
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... face . It wasn't there anymore . There was no face . " Joyce looks very hard out the window , but the only things there are palms . She likes remem- bering the faceless body , and she doesn't like it . She has come to need it and fear ...
... face . It wasn't there anymore . There was no face . " Joyce looks very hard out the window , but the only things there are palms . She likes remem- bering the faceless body , and she doesn't like it . She has come to need it and fear ...
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... face . His flesh does not burn . The chorus begins again , the women singing " Ale , ale , " to the evil spirits that have caused their illnesses . Depart , depart . The old man approaches Benito timidly , head bowed . He hands Benito a ...
... face . His flesh does not burn . The chorus begins again , the women singing " Ale , ale , " to the evil spirits that have caused their illnesses . Depart , depart . The old man approaches Benito timidly , head bowed . He hands Benito a ...
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