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 16
The village voodoo priest was at a loss to interpret the packages. He had a
dream in which he built a new house out of the blocks, a great white structure
bigger than the church in town. The next day at the lottery, or borlette, he bet ten
gourdes, ...
The village voodoo priest was at a loss to interpret the packages. He had a
dream in which he built a new house out of the blocks, a great white structure
bigger than the church in town. The next day at the lottery, or borlette, he bet ten
gourdes, ...
Page 116
Watching the circle of people from a few yards away, you wouldn't know that the
priest is at its center; you have to push through to see him. A young man saunters
forward and through the crowd, nudging the girl and her mother away. He puts a
...
Watching the circle of people from a few yards away, you wouldn't know that the
priest is at its center; you have to push through to see him. A young man saunters
forward and through the crowd, nudging the girl and her mother away. He puts a
...
Page 228
The priest let out a deep moan. "Who is that in the back?" asked another man,
pointing at Aris- tide, still lying beneath the cassock. "He's wounded," responded
the other priest in the backseat, blood dripping from a wound in his eye. "You
want ...
The priest let out a deep moan. "Who is that in the back?" asked another man,
pointing at Aris- tide, still lying beneath the cassock. "He's wounded," responded
the other priest in the backseat, blood dripping from a wound in his eye. "You
want ...
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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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