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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... Baron Sam- edi , guardian of the cemetery , leading the dead into the other world . Whispers follow the parody of wealthy Haitians , mincing and airily gesturing , magnificently ... Baron Samedi and the 49 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
... Baron Sam- edi , guardian of the cemetery , leading the dead into the other world . Whispers follow the parody of wealthy Haitians , mincing and airily gesturing , magnificently ... Baron Samedi and the 49 BEST NIGHTMARE ON EARTH.
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... Baron Samedi , the god of death , Papa Doc sometimes committed crimes justified only by the rationality of puns . A house was attacked by the tonton macoutes at night , three generations killed , torch put to everything , even the dogs ...
... Baron Samedi , the god of death , Papa Doc sometimes committed crimes justified only by the rationality of puns . A house was attacked by the tonton macoutes at night , three generations killed , torch put to everything , even the dogs ...
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A Life in Haiti Herbert Gold. Baron Samedi is the god of Saturday because Jesus was crucified on Friday and did not rise until Sunday - Baron Samedi presides over the time when there is no Savior . November 22 is his best day . It had ...
A Life in Haiti Herbert Gold. Baron Samedi is the god of Saturday because Jesus was crucified on Friday and did not rise until Sunday - Baron Samedi presides over the time when there is no Savior . November 22 is his best day . It had ...
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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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