The rainy season: Haiti since DuvalierRecounting a series of personal journeys, each interwoven with scenes from Haiti's extraordinary past, the author brings to life the day-to-day realities of the politically turbulent country |
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Page 298
A frightened gardien heard a noise, and discharged his revolver to scare off
whatever lurked in the night. A homeowner suspected that his place was targeted
; he went out into the garden at midnight and shot off a few rounds from his rifle,
just ...
A frightened gardien heard a noise, and discharged his revolver to scare off
whatever lurked in the night. A homeowner suspected that his place was targeted
; he went out into the garden at midnight and shot off a few rounds from his rifle,
just ...
Page 301
In fact, on Thanksgiving night, as we ate turkey on the terrace, the focus of the
night's violence was in our neighborhood, Carrefour Feuilles. At St. -Gerard
Church just up the hill, the liberation priest had been raising his congregation's
political ...
In fact, on Thanksgiving night, as we ate turkey on the terrace, the focus of the
night's violence was in our neighborhood, Carrefour Feuilles. At St. -Gerard
Church just up the hill, the liberation priest had been raising his congregation's
political ...
Page 307
I tried to reach Aristide. Like so many others, like the candidates themselves, he
had gone into hiding. No one was home. Phones rang and rang, but no one
picked up after seven at night, even though you would learn later that they had
been ...
I tried to reach Aristide. Like so many others, like the candidates themselves, he
had gone into hiding. No one was home. Phones rang and rang, but no one
picked up after seven at night, even though you would learn later that they had
been ...
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| Title | The rainy season: Haiti since Duvalier |
| Author | Amy Wilentz |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0671641867, 9780671641863 |
| Length | 427 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / General Political Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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