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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... road , and a dead chicken landed on his lap . People use chickens in the ceremo- nies down here , he said , and sometimes they make charms out of them and put them in the road to send bad luck away . But they don't usually throw them ...
... road , and a dead chicken landed on his lap . People use chickens in the ceremo- nies down here , he said , and sometimes they make charms out of them and put them in the road to send bad luck away . But they don't usually throw them ...
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... road we had followed , through puddles of water like lakes and around great pools of mud , until we arrived back at the crossroads where we had taken a wrong turn . This time we chose the other road , and the Senatorial Candidate said ...
... road we had followed , through puddles of water like lakes and around great pools of mud , until we arrived back at the crossroads where we had taken a wrong turn . This time we chose the other road , and the Senatorial Candidate said ...
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... road earlier , but didn't think much of it . I was washing carrots at Lucy's house . It was sometime after noon . It sounded as though someone was pulling the pig from the sty and taking him to a place he didn't want to go to . I could ...
... road earlier , but didn't think much of it . I was washing carrots at Lucy's house . It was sometime after noon . It sounded as though someone was pulling the pig from the sty and taking him to a place he didn't want to go to . I could ...
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