Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiPrentice Hall Press, 1991 - 303 pages Beautiful, bizarre, dangerous, exotic; a Garden of Eden fallen into disrepair. This is Herbert Gold's Haiti. In this impassioned memoir, he reflects on the country's history and folklore, its people and politics, capturing the essence of this land where tragedy is the music to which the people dance. |
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... asked . " English and French , " I said . He asked them about their cats and their chicken in Creole and they chattered back happily . My wife and I stared at each other . Our daughters had learned a language behind our backs ; from ...
... asked . " English and French , " I said . He asked them about their cats and their chicken in Creole and they chattered back happily . My wife and I stared at each other . Our daughters had learned a language behind our backs ; from ...
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... asked deep questions , but he stared at me from his one good eye . " What's a Jew- ? " he asked . I also wondered . " -doing in Jacmel ? " His face was shriveled against sunlight , shrunken by age , blotched and deeply freckled . It ...
... asked deep questions , but he stared at me from his one good eye . " What's a Jew- ? " he asked . I also wondered . " -doing in Jacmel ? " His face was shriveled against sunlight , shrunken by age , blotched and deeply freckled . It ...
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... asked me why Americans are racist . He asked why the mul- atto is racist . He asked why the elite class is arrogant . " But I consider you a member of that class . " He smiled happily . " Yes and no . But the price for all this must be ...
... asked me why Americans are racist . He asked why the mul- atto is racist . He asked why the elite class is arrogant . " But I consider you a member of that class . " He smiled happily . " Yes and no . But the price for all this must be ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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