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 25
He smiled. Another round of shots, another round of drinks at the photographers'
table. Then what sounded like machine-gun fire in the back of the hotel, over the
sound of someone playing a wistful Haitian ballad on the untuned piano.
He smiled. Another round of shots, another round of drinks at the photographers'
table. Then what sounded like machine-gun fire in the back of the hotel, over the
sound of someone playing a wistful Haitian ballad on the untuned piano.
Page 55
He smiled again, more broadly. "Wait here," he said. I was soon joined by a man
about whom I remembered little for a long time other than enormous glasses and
a face like a bug, pop- eyed and watchful, a small, delicate man who looked ...
He smiled again, more broadly. "Wait here," he said. I was soon joined by a man
about whom I remembered little for a long time other than enormous glasses and
a face like a bug, pop- eyed and watchful, a small, delicate man who looked ...
Page 69
Also coming down around the mountainside was the art merchant, who smiled a
big smile in front of the black clouds and pointed to the painting that he carried
like a shield across his chest. I shook my head and turned back to the city. I
always ...
Also coming down around the mountainside was the art merchant, who smiled a
big smile in front of the black clouds and pointed to the painting that he carried
like a shield across his chest. I shook my head and turned back to the city. I
always ...
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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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