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 40
The pink corrugated security gate behind him suddenly looked inviting in the
shade, and I leaned up against it, staring out into the street over the money
changer's head. A few dilapidated tap-taps passed by. I closed my eyes to shut
out the ...
The pink corrugated security gate behind him suddenly looked inviting in the
shade, and I leaned up against it, staring out into the street over the money
changer's head. A few dilapidated tap-taps passed by. I closed my eyes to shut
out the ...
Page 44
At noon, we stopped in St. -Marc, where the night before a big crowd had
gathered in the streets. Because Mardi Gras was approaching, people were
using the seasonal street celebrations, or ra-ras, as they are called in Creole, as
pretexts ...
At noon, we stopped in St. -Marc, where the night before a big crowd had
gathered in the streets. Because Mardi Gras was approaching, people were
using the seasonal street celebrations, or ra-ras, as they are called in Creole, as
pretexts ...
Page 316
Abandoned bikes lay scattered across the street. All up the street toward the
mountains, all down the street toward the Army headquarters, there was no one.
The air was still. I had the sudden, vertiginous feeling that we were the only
people ...
Abandoned bikes lay scattered across the street. All up the street toward the
mountains, all down the street toward the Army headquarters, there was no one.
The air was still. I had the sudden, vertiginous feeling that we were the only
people ...
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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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