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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... seemed that the whole world was laughing . The peculiar play of French and Creole together , one the lan- guage of education and connection with the outside world , the other the language of feeling and childhood , seemed to generate ...
... seemed that the whole world was laughing . The peculiar play of French and Creole together , one the lan- guage of education and connection with the outside world , the other the language of feeling and childhood , seemed to generate ...
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... seemed , a reminder that the universe is parent to everyone , even these strangers on the mountain . The rock I had sat on an hour before seemed to disappear into the darkness , almost reversing its progress of being born out of the ...
... seemed , a reminder that the universe is parent to everyone , even these strangers on the mountain . The rock I had sat on an hour before seemed to disappear into the darkness , almost reversing its progress of being born out of the ...
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... seemed a bit ominous . The adjustments seemed to be more than heat - induced comfort moves . The suggestion was of some- thing out of control in these idle young men ; the suggestiveness was no longer comical . In the slide toward ...
... seemed a bit ominous . The adjustments seemed to be more than heat - induced comfort moves . The suggestion was of some- thing out of control in these idle young men ; the suggestiveness was no longer comical . In the slide toward ...
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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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