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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... asked . " English and French , " I said . He asked them about their cats and their chicken in Creole and they chattered back happily . My wife and I stared at each other . Our daughters had learned a language behind our backs ; from ...
... asked . " English and French , " I said . He asked them about their cats and their chicken in Creole and they chattered back happily . My wife and I stared at each other . Our daughters had learned a language behind our backs ; from ...
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... asked deep questions , but he stared at me from his one good eye . " What's a Jew- ? " he asked . I also wondered . " -doing in Jacmel ? ” His face was shriveled against sunlight , shrunken by age , blotched and deeply freckled . It ...
... asked deep questions , but he stared at me from his one good eye . " What's a Jew- ? " he asked . I also wondered . " -doing in Jacmel ? ” His face was shriveled against sunlight , shrunken by age , blotched and deeply freckled . It ...
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... asked him to open the trunk of the car . They tapped the spare tire . They prodded the cushions . At last they accepted a toll from Minister Constant and allowed us back in the automobile . But they still kept the guns on us . I asked ...
... asked him to open the trunk of the car . They tapped the spare tire . They prodded the cushions . At last they accepted a toll from Minister Constant and allowed us back in the automobile . But they still kept the guns on us . I asked ...
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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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