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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... photographer , who looked around his table , crowded with other run - down - looking photographers , and smirked . They had all been down now for a couple of days , and so had Heidi . " They're so colorful , " she said . “ Isn't it ...
... photographer , who looked around his table , crowded with other run - down - looking photographers , and smirked . They had all been down now for a couple of days , and so had Heidi . " They're so colorful , " she said . “ Isn't it ...
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... photographer who was sitting at the table that Heidi was entertaining noticed him , and stood up and shouted , " Harry ! " Hitching up his trousers , the photographer made his way across the room to the wild man's table . " What ...
... photographer who was sitting at the table that Heidi was entertaining noticed him , and stood up and shouted , " Harry ! " Hitching up his trousers , the photographer made his way across the room to the wild man's table . " What ...
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... photographer was driving past City Hall near the port two days after the attack on Aristide's evening mass , when she noticed an unusual number of government cars and jeeps and Army trucks parked outside . As the Lully shark had ...
... photographer was driving past City Hall near the port two days after the attack on Aristide's evening mass , when she noticed an unusual number of government cars and jeeps and Army trucks parked outside . As the Lully shark had ...
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