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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... laughing Haitian singer and dancer . I went to the library to look up scholarships and fellowships and applied for one to take me to the Université d'Haiti . In due course , I was on a ship traveling from New York to Panama , with a ...
... laughing Haitian singer and dancer . I went to the library to look up scholarships and fellowships and applied for one to take me to the Université d'Haiti . In due course , I was on a ship traveling from New York to Panama , with a ...
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... laughing and pointing at us , a whole class was running after the crazy runners , like the tail to a kite . " Blanc , you're still sweating ! " We were , and they were running after us , screaming with plea- sure . Even the teachers ...
... laughing and pointing at us , a whole class was running after the crazy runners , like the tail to a kite . " Blanc , you're still sweating ! " We were , and they were running after us , screaming with plea- sure . Even the teachers ...
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... laughing , my friend said , " Okay , tonight it's fine , the air is fresh , it feels nice . But what am I going to do tomorrow ? I'll have to wear goggles and a leather helmet . " He thought again . " What the devil do they want with my ...
... laughing , my friend said , " Okay , tonight it's fine , the air is fresh , it feels nice . But what am I going to do tomorrow ? I'll have to wear goggles and a leather helmet . " He thought again . " What the devil do they want with my ...
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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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