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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... explained that he had the joy of a large family , sixteen children— “ cinq de ma femme , onze dans le peuple . " Five by my wife , eleven " in the people . " He denounced my new friend Fortuné Bogat , a Haitian millionaire , and explained ...
... explained that he had the joy of a large family , sixteen children— “ cinq de ma femme , onze dans le peuple . " Five by my wife , eleven " in the people . " He denounced my new friend Fortuné Bogat , a Haitian millionaire , and explained ...
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... explaining something to his Haitian counterpart in a medical survey while we watched a man scramble up a coconut ... explained the good news that he hoped to share with the rest of the world : Jean - Claude Duvalier was not so dumb ...
... explaining something to his Haitian counterpart in a medical survey while we watched a man scramble up a coconut ... explained the good news that he hoped to share with the rest of the world : Jean - Claude Duvalier was not so dumb ...
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... explained that it was not a man but a loupgarou . Besides the werewolf , several others died , including a werewoman and werechild . In the photograph , alongside the burned limbs , there were feathers , goat parts , and the werewolf's ...
... explained that it was not a man but a loupgarou . Besides the werewolf , several others died , including a werewoman and werechild . In the photograph , alongside the burned limbs , there were feathers , goat parts , and the werewolf's ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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