Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiSimon & Schuster, 1992 - 303 pages A kaleidoscopic memoir of a 35-year love affair with mysterious, exotic Haiti. The dialogue the author conducts with this beleaguered island is rich with surprising revelations and startling juxtapositions. "The best all-encompassing explanation of this . . . tragic island country that I have read".--Digby Diehl, Playboy. |
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... Baron Samedi . When they came out of the trance , their friends and family would bathe and soothe them , consoling them for the god's trick . Sometimes they were teased and treated as part of the comedy of voodoo , especially when a ...
... Baron Samedi . When they came out of the trance , their friends and family would bathe and soothe them , consoling them for the god's trick . Sometimes they were teased and treated as part of the comedy of voodoo , especially when a ...
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... Baron Sam- edi , guardian of the cemetery , leading the dead into the other world . Whispers follow the parody of wealthy Haitians , mincing and airily gesturing , magnificently ... Baron Samedi and the 49 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
... Baron Sam- edi , guardian of the cemetery , leading the dead into the other world . Whispers follow the parody of wealthy Haitians , mincing and airily gesturing , magnificently ... Baron Samedi and the 49 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
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A Life in Haiti Herbert Gold. Baron Samedi is the god of Saturday because Jesus was crucified on Friday and did not rise until Sunday - Baron Samedi presides over the time when there is no Savior . November 22 is his best day . It had ...
A Life in Haiti Herbert Gold. Baron Samedi is the god of Saturday because Jesus was crucified on Friday and did not rise until Sunday - Baron Samedi presides over the time when there is no Savior . November 22 is his best day . It had ...
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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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