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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... rich because he was fair - skinned . that . " But he's much darker than you , " I said , and we argued about I was receiving a lesson in the complexities of Haitian racism . Traditionally , mulatto had gotten ahead of black , but a rich ...
... rich because he was fair - skinned . that . " But he's much darker than you , " I said , and we argued about I was receiving a lesson in the complexities of Haitian racism . Traditionally , mulatto had gotten ahead of black , but a rich ...
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... rich established little outposts of luxury , elaborate for- tress and fantasy mansions , complete with walls protected by broken glass and barbed wire . Protective servants lounged at the gates day and night . Outside their gardens ...
... rich established little outposts of luxury , elaborate for- tress and fantasy mansions , complete with walls protected by broken glass and barbed wire . Protective servants lounged at the gates day and night . Outside their gardens ...
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... rich . Frangipani , mango smells , and charcoal smoke filled the air . There were an estimated 20,000 bathrooms for 6 or 7 million people , all of whom improvised bathroom functions someplace . So there were other smells , too . After a ...
... rich . Frangipani , mango smells , and charcoal smoke filled the air . There were an estimated 20,000 bathrooms for 6 or 7 million people , all of whom improvised bathroom functions someplace . So there were other smells , too . After a ...
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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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