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 65
She turned away and folded Nina ' s red dress back onto a hanger and hung it up
next to her own , the only other item in the armoire . She left me holding her vinyl
wallet , with Ernesto looking up at me , waiting for Christmas presents .
She turned away and folded Nina ' s red dress back onto a hanger and hung it up
next to her own , the only other item in the armoire . She left me holding her vinyl
wallet , with Ernesto looking up at me , waiting for Christmas presents .
Page 93
In the center of the empty market , it churns and churns , knocking over the
spindly stalls , pushing sallow dogs up against the walls of St . - Joseph ' s , lifting
and swirling the thin shreds of newspaper that held sugar , salt and rice , turning
them ...
In the center of the empty market , it churns and churns , knocking over the
spindly stalls , pushing sallow dogs up against the walls of St . - Joseph ' s , lifting
and swirling the thin shreds of newspaper that held sugar , salt and rice , turning
them ...
Page 138
But as he turned down the Rue St . - Martin , there was a sudden commotion . He
couldn ' t tell what it was , and kept driving . There was a crowd of young men ,
and some smoke . He recognized the beginnings of a barricade , but thought he ...
But as he turned down the Rue St . - Martin , there was a sudden commotion . He
couldn ' t tell what it was , and kept driving . There was a crowd of young men ,
and some smoke . He recognized the beginnings of a barricade , but thought he ...
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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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