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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... woman who owned a bookstore in town , the Caravelle . I knew her house . The unsigned note asked if I could visit her at ten o'clock that evening . The ma- coutes roamed the streets and normally people stayed home after dark . There was ...
... woman who owned a bookstore in town , the Caravelle . I knew her house . The unsigned note asked if I could visit her at ten o'clock that evening . The ma- coutes roamed the streets and normally people stayed home after dark . There was ...
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... woman from Berkeley showed up in a jeep to bring me to the Relais de l'Empereur . She worked for Olivier and he had sent her to negotiate the difficult road . Of course I could spare the time to visit Petit Goâve and Olivier Coquelin ...
... woman from Berkeley showed up in a jeep to bring me to the Relais de l'Empereur . She worked for Olivier and he had sent her to negotiate the difficult road . Of course I could spare the time to visit Petit Goâve and Olivier Coquelin ...
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... woman began shouting , " He's the one ! He started the killing ! " " Don't know nothing , " said the sullen - eyed barefoot man . " You're under arrest . " 99 Two of the soldiers were horsing around , pretending to duel with their clubs ...
... woman began shouting , " He's the one ! He started the killing ! " " Don't know nothing , " said the sullen - eyed barefoot man . " You're under arrest . " 99 Two of the soldiers were horsing around , pretending to duel with their clubs ...
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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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