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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... no seeds for new gardens . There was no strength to unblock the canals . How , I asked him , do you go on ? " At first CARE brought food . " And then ? " All gone . " How do you live now ? The houngan shrugged . 134 HERBERT GOLD.
... no seeds for new gardens . There was no strength to unblock the canals . How , I asked him , do you go on ? " At first CARE brought food . " And then ? " All gone . " How do you live now ? The houngan shrugged . 134 HERBERT GOLD.
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... houngan , priest , is orator , entertainer , intermediary with the powers of government on earth and beyond ; he can be a docteur feuilles , herb doctor , and a singer , dancer , master of revels . On the ground of his temple or outside ...
... houngan , priest , is orator , entertainer , intermediary with the powers of government on earth and beyond ; he can be a docteur feuilles , herb doctor , and a singer , dancer , master of revels . On the ground of his temple or outside ...
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... houngans . The houngan protested that they couldn't because he wasn't even Catholic . The man of the Church thought a moment and said , " Well , I'll get a dispensation from the Pope . " On the painted tap - tap that precariously rushed ...
... houngans . The houngan protested that they couldn't because he wasn't even Catholic . The man of the Church thought a moment and said , " Well , I'll get a dispensation from the Pope . " On the painted tap - tap that precariously rushed ...
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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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