Haiti: Best Nightmare on EarthRoutledge, 5 juil. 2017 - 321 pages Five decades ago, award-winning author Herbert Gold traveled to Haiti on a Caribbean version of the Fulbright Scholarship. The journey proved to be a turning point in his life. Fifty years later, his attachment to the tiny Caribbean nation-his second home-remains as passionate and powerful as ever. Now, in Best Nightmare on Earth, he explores the secret life of this vibrant, volatile, violent land. -Beautiful...bizarre...dangerous...exotic, a Garden of Eden fallen into despair, a tiny nation of unimaginable misery and unpredictable grace, an island where life is a kind of literature, a world of -unlimited impossibility.- This is Herbert Gold's Haiti, a country of extraordinary paradox and remarkable extremes-of gingerbread dream houses and wretched slums, of brutal repression and explosive creative energy. Where else, he asks, can you run into evil spirits on the back roads, or find the goddess of fertility and orgasm represented by a photo of a tap-dancing Shirley Temple? Where else is there such generosity amid such corruption, such humor in the midst of such desperation? In his many Haitian travels, Gold has dined with Graham Greene and chatted with the hated Duvalier oppressors. He has traded stories with CIA saboteurs, former Nazis, rum-soaked diplomats, and voodoo priests. He has taken in the cockfights and hunted for pirate treasure. He has nearly died of malaria; he has faced machete-wielding gangs of Ton-Ton Macoutes. He followed the traffic in Haitian blood to American hospitals and watched the AIDS epidemic take its toll. He listened to the steady beat of drums rolling down mist-shrouded mountains, and shared in the flirting, drinking, and laughter of the streets. He has captured the essence of this land where tragedy is the music the people dance to. Herbert Gold reflects on the country's history and politics, culture and folklore, but sees much more. He sees Haiti through the eyes of a lover: impassioned, jealous, probing, ever alert, and alive. This book will be of interest to travelers to, and people interested in the problems of, Haiti and the Caribbean; and collectors of Haitian art. |
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... FRENCH COURSE , containing 182 very simple Progressive Exercises in French and English alternately ; in which is imitated , as much as possible , the natural way in which children acquire a knowledge of their mother tongue . The reading ...
... FRENCH COURSE , containing 182 very simple Progressive Exercises in French and English alternately ; in which is imitated , as much as possible , the natural way in which children acquire a knowledge of their mother tongue . The reading ...
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... French language . Whether you're just starting out or looking to reinforce your foundational knowledge , this book is here to provide you with a comprehensive and accessible resource for understanding and applying French grammar rules ...
... French language . Whether you're just starting out or looking to reinforce your foundational knowledge , this book is here to provide you with a comprehensive and accessible resource for understanding and applying French grammar rules ...
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A Book of Practice in French Conversation, Designed to Accompany Any Speaking French Grammar Francis Stanton Williams. PREFACE . IN offering to the public the present work , its author and compiler would distinctly say , that he does not ...
A Book of Practice in French Conversation, Designed to Accompany Any Speaking French Grammar Francis Stanton Williams. PREFACE . IN offering to the public the present work , its author and compiler would distinctly say , that he does not ...
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Charles Fleming. ENGLISH AND FRENCH AND FRENCH AND ENGLISH COMPILED FROM THE DICTIONARIES OF JOHNSON , TODD , ASH , WEBSTER , AND CRABB FROM THE LAST EDITION OF CHAMBAUD , GARNER , AND J. DESCARRIÈRES THE SIXTH EDITION OF THE ACADEMY ...
Charles Fleming. ENGLISH AND FRENCH AND FRENCH AND ENGLISH COMPILED FROM THE DICTIONARIES OF JOHNSON , TODD , ASH , WEBSTER , AND CRABB FROM THE LAST EDITION OF CHAMBAUD , GARNER , AND J. DESCARRIÈRES THE SIXTH EDITION OF THE ACADEMY ...
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... French language . - The School Board Chronicle , April 1st , 1882 . 99 For Englishmen generally the study of French is nowadays a necessity . But it may be said that few books pretending to aid in teaching that language are of much ...
... French language . - The School Board Chronicle , April 1st , 1882 . 99 For Englishmen generally the study of French is nowadays a necessity . But it may be said that few books pretending to aid in teaching that language are of much ...
Table des matières
The Early | |
Chapter Three Loupgaroud Werewolves Hobgoblind | |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | |
Chapter Six Castaways | |
Chapter Seven Land Without Jews | |
Chapter Eight The Philosophers Circle | |
Chapter Nine The Darkest Ages | |
Chapter Ten Here Is the Youna Leader that I Promised You | |
Chapter Eleven In Haiti They Run From | |
Chapter Twelve Minglers | |
Chapter Thirteen The Perfect Dear | |
1986 | |
Chapter Fifteen After the Dawn Came Another Night | |
Chapter Sixteen Wonder of the World | |
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