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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... blanc , it's too horrible for you " ... she went about with a little box for her prey . " Do you know about the gros - bon - ange ? " I didn't know . ... This is the body's double , something like the soul , but more like a shadow ...
... blanc , it's too horrible for you " ... she went about with a little box for her prey . " Do you know about the gros - bon - ange ? " I didn't know . ... This is the body's double , something like the soul , but more like a shadow ...
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... blanc , I can see you don't believe my story . But I can prove it is true . The man is my cousin . The unfaithful wife ran to hide with her parents , but that very night she went mad , she went empty , she never spoke again , blanc ...
... blanc , I can see you don't believe my story . But I can prove it is true . The man is my cousin . The unfaithful wife ran to hide with her parents , but that very night she went mad , she went empty , she never spoke again , blanc ...
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... Blanc tombé , blanc tombé❞ — the white guy fell , the white guy fell . When I got up , it seemed that the whole world was laughing . The peculiar play of French and Creole together , one the lan- guage of education and connection with ...
... Blanc tombé , blanc tombé❞ — the white guy fell , the white guy fell . When I got up , it seemed that the whole world was laughing . The peculiar play of French and Creole together , one the lan- guage of education and connection with ...
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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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