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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... watch out past Trou Zombi , where the souls of the poor departed railway workmen live . If we forget to salute them as we go by , they come out and put their hands on the couplings and bump us all together . A disgusting racket it makes ...
... watch out past Trou Zombi , where the souls of the poor departed railway workmen live . If we forget to salute them as we go by , they come out and put their hands on the couplings and bump us all together . A disgusting racket it makes ...
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... watch over it in lieu of bank tellers or stools . We followed the map , tracing our fingers along various lines indicating streams , thickets , paths , and " terrain inconnu , " " terrain vague , " unknown land , vague land . As your ...
... watch over it in lieu of bank tellers or stools . We followed the map , tracing our fingers along various lines indicating streams , thickets , paths , and " terrain inconnu , " " terrain vague , " unknown land , vague land . As your ...
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... watch . He nodded encouragingly . Although I had bought the watch on my own , he bore no grudges . When I finished , he said : " Now you're just like me — ten minutes ahead of everybody else . " N SUNDAY , election day , I would drive ...
... watch . He nodded encouragingly . Although I had bought the watch on my own , he bore no grudges . When I finished , he said : " Now you're just like me — ten minutes ahead of everybody else . " N SUNDAY , election day , I would drive ...
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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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