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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... kind of name is that ? Why don't you call yourself Feffer like the rest of us ? " " I'm having an experience , " she said . " Treat me with respect . I'm a mambo . " " What the hell's that , Mother ? " " A female voodoo priest . I'll ...
... kind of name is that ? Why don't you call yourself Feffer like the rest of us ? " " I'm having an experience , " she said . " Treat me with respect . I'm a mambo . " " What the hell's that , Mother ? " " A female voodoo priest . I'll ...
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... kind of Baltic name , some shit like that .... ' " Go on . " 99 " There's a piece of paper in a file ... " And he wrote it on a napkin : Interdit de Séjour . Forbidden to Reside . He was banned from France because at the Sorbonne ...
... kind of Baltic name , some shit like that .... ' " Go on . " 99 " There's a piece of paper in a file ... " And he wrote it on a napkin : Interdit de Séjour . Forbidden to Reside . He was banned from France because at the Sorbonne ...
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... kind of inner - directed , upfront individual who was attracted to Haiti , when it wasn't the kind of devious , sly , secret person who found Haiti useful . " I understand from Captain Beaujean , " she whispered , " he's right up there ...
... kind of inner - directed , upfront individual who was attracted to Haiti , when it wasn't the kind of devious , sly , secret person who found Haiti useful . " I understand from Captain Beaujean , " she whispered , " he's right up there ...
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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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