Best Nightmare on Earth: A Life in HaitiPrentice Hall Press, 1991 - 303 pages Beautiful, bizarre, dangerous, exotic; a Garden of Eden fallen into disrepair. This is Herbert Gold's Haiti. In this impassioned memoir, he reflects on the country's history and folklore, its people and politics, capturing the essence of this land where tragedy is the music to which the people dance. |
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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 Conchita , the eighteen - year - old Mexican diplomat . Gretchen tapped me on the shoulder . " You come all this way ? " " Haiti is like home to me . " She asked : " Like the United States of America ? " " And our new Dr. François ...
... asked Conchita , the eighteen - year - old Mexican diplomat . Gretchen tapped me on the shoulder . " You come all this way ? " " Haiti is like home to me . " She asked : " Like the United States of America ? " " And our new Dr. François ...
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... asked . " Let us putt it zis way . It does not say ' Haiti , ' my friend . " In 1990 , if any vacationer asked about Haiti , travel agents said the same thing : " Why do you want to go there ? " My own travel agent , Tony Lehman , the ...
... asked . " Let us putt it zis way . It does not say ' Haiti , ' my friend . " In 1990 , if any vacationer asked about Haiti , travel agents said the same thing : " Why do you want to go there ? " My own travel agent , Tony Lehman , the ...
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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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