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 66
One man I know stopped for a child running across the road, and a dead chicken
landed on his lap. People use chickens in the ceremonies down here, he said,
and sometimes they make charms out of them and put them in the road to send ...
One man I know stopped for a child running across the road, and a dead chicken
landed on his lap. People use chickens in the ceremonies down here, he said,
and sometimes they make charms out of them and put them in the road to send ...
Page 149
They seemed to dance in the light each time we hit a rock or a deep hole in the
road, every few seconds. The bushes were dancing, and when we stopped to
consider our next turn we could hear drums, not too distant. "You turn right at the
two ...
They seemed to dance in the light each time we hit a rock or a deep hole in the
road, every few seconds. The bushes were dancing, and when we stopped to
consider our next turn we could hear drums, not too distant. "You turn right at the
two ...
Page 184
I had heard the pig go squealing down the 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 ...
I had heard the pig go squealing down the 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 ...
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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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