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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... heads , aiming for the eyes . As they come down , wings hissing , they seek to jump over each other , driving the ... head in his hands and is swaying , praying , pleading for a lucky blow . One of the cocks is now gaining a clear ...
... heads , aiming for the eyes . As they come down , wings hissing , they seek to jump over each other , driving the ... head in his hands and is swaying , praying , pleading for a lucky blow . One of the cocks is now gaining a clear ...
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... head over the many coincidences in a man's life . Everyone remembers the moment when he or she heard of the Assassination . For me , the event was a peculiar confusion on the road from the Forêt - de - Pins , a blackout over the city of ...
... head over the many coincidences in a man's life . Everyone remembers the moment when he or she heard of the Assassination . For me , the event was a peculiar confusion on the road from the Forêt - de - Pins , a blackout over the city of ...
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... head from side to side . " Excellence ! Tch ! Tch ! Tch ! " The thick - breathing Minister drove a route selected so that the oui's might outnumber the tch's . There was the neon sign that faced the empty harbor , empty of tour boats ...
... head from side to side . " Excellence ! Tch ! Tch ! Tch ! " The thick - breathing Minister drove a route selected so that the oui's might outnumber the tch's . There was the neon sign that faced the empty harbor , empty of tour boats ...
Table des matières
Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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