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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... started running . There was no wind . Her white dress flashed by among the shanties , and then the kite started rising above them , reflecting the setting sun like a rising moon . It skittered below the electric wires stretched across ...
... started running . There was no wind . Her white dress flashed by among the shanties , and then the kite started rising above them , reflecting the setting sun like a rising moon . It skittered below the electric wires stretched across ...
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... started surging back in the other direc- tion , down toward the dark corridor from which we had just emerged . I didn't want to go back down the black corridor with the huge hot crowd , but I went back . Once they started pushing , I ...
... started surging back in the other direc- tion , down toward the dark corridor from which we had just emerged . I didn't want to go back down the black corridor with the huge hot crowd , but I went back . Once they started pushing , I ...
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... started smashing against the ground again . I moved behind the post , only a few steps away this time , and everyone else hid , too . The shots kept coming , from a building opposite the electoral office . A sniper . " I think they want ...
... started smashing against the ground again . I moved behind the post , only a few steps away this time , and everyone else hid , too . The shots kept coming , from a building opposite the electoral office . A sniper . " I think they want ...
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