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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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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