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 94
Wrapped in plastic against the rain , standing pressed against a stone retaining
wall , the figure seemed to shine . The little light left , almost red from the invisible
sunset , made his plastic wrappings glitter . Above his head , the reddish light ...
Wrapped in plastic against the rain , standing pressed against a stone retaining
wall , the figure seemed to shine . The little light left , almost red from the invisible
sunset , made his plastic wrappings glitter . Above his head , the reddish light ...
Page 227
Perhaps the rain would protect them . Fifteen minutes after the five cars with the
priests , nuns and other invited lay people had gone , some friends from Port - au
- Prince arrived at the Pont - Sondé residence and said that they had just come ...
Perhaps the rain would protect them . Fifteen minutes after the five cars with the
priests , nuns and other invited lay people had gone , some friends from Port - au
- Prince arrived at the Pont - Sondé residence and said that they had just come ...
Page 244
Trees keep that good earth in place . And trees keep the cycle of rainfall going .
They absorb the rain from the skies , and then the sun heats it back out of them ,
creating the humidity that again forms the clouds that will bring the rain once
more ...
Trees keep that good earth in place . And trees keep the cycle of rainfall going .
They absorb the rain from the skies , and then the sun heats it back out of them ,
creating the humidity that again forms the clouds that will bring the rain once
more ...
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| Title | The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier A Touchstone Book |
| 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 |
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