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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Page 65
... turned away and began filing her nails . The girls were frightened of AIDS , and they had been told to use two condoms for every client . " Still , for some things , " Nina had said to me earlier , " a rubber won't work . ” Nina looked ...
... turned away and began filing her nails . The girls were frightened of AIDS , and they had been told to use two condoms for every client . " Still , for some things , " Nina had said to me earlier , " a rubber won't work . ” Nina looked ...
Page 69
... turned back to the city . I always remembered too late that I had meant to bring my binocu- lars . Maybe from up here I could have seen whether the antiaircraft gun that the Duvaliers had installed on the lawn of the National Palace was ...
... turned back to the city . I always remembered too late that I had meant to bring my binocu- lars . Maybe from up here I could have seen whether the antiaircraft gun that the Duvaliers had installed on the lawn of the National Palace was ...
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... turned . In each hand was a rock . He couldn't go any farther without running them down , and the crowd was growing . He stopped , helpless . People on the sides of the street turned to watch the scene : some rich guy in a car trying to ...
... turned . In each hand was a rock . He couldn't go any farther without running them down , and the crowd was growing . He stopped , helpless . People on the sides of the street turned to watch the scene : some rich guy in a car trying to ...
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