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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... island is a walled city , and this one was walled by more than the sea . It was a society supported by nerves and daily pleasures , with little hope for the future ; an intense , a tragic way to live . I still need little sleep in Haiti ...
... island is a walled city , and this one was walled by more than the sea . It was a society supported by nerves and daily pleasures , with little hope for the future ; an intense , a tragic way to live . I still need little sleep in Haiti ...
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... island off the island , with a strip of water between it and the shore . Except for the barmen , waiters , beachboys , and our hosts , we were absolutely alone ; alone except for the fishermen sailing a few yards away ; alone except ...
... island off the island , with a strip of water between it and the shore . Except for the barmen , waiters , beachboys , and our hosts , we were absolutely alone ; alone except for the fishermen sailing a few yards away ; alone except ...
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... island is in our neighborhood , and for me , it is still the magic island . IN THE winter of 1990 , feeling homesick , I went back for the beginning of the new decade . CHAPTER SIXTEEN Wonder of the World X I T WAS 281 BEST NIGHTMARE ...
... island is in our neighborhood , and for me , it is still the magic island . IN THE winter of 1990 , feeling homesick , I went back for the beginning of the new decade . CHAPTER SIXTEEN Wonder of the World X I T WAS 281 BEST NIGHTMARE ...
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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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