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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... face - there are no bears in Haiti - being lectured by white rabbits - rabbits are not indigenous , either - wearing what looked like blue nylon shirts and horn - rimmed glasses , some kneeling , all piously carrying identical books ...
... face - there are no bears in Haiti - being lectured by white rabbits - rabbits are not indigenous , either - wearing what looked like blue nylon shirts and horn - rimmed glasses , some kneeling , all piously carrying identical books ...
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... face was white and furious ; his face was blotched , his little lips compressed , the blond mustache quivering . Abruptly he was cold sober . " Don't never do that again . " We parted without another word . It was an odd way to prove ...
... face was white and furious ; his face was blotched , his little lips compressed , the blond mustache quivering . Abruptly he was cold sober . " Don't never do that again . " We parted without another word . It was an odd way to prove ...
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... face was sunburned and peeling ; there were broken capillaries , sunburn upon sunburn . Pale smile lines radiated from corners of eyes , corners of mouth . It was a face of hard work and conviction . His family waited on the kibbutz ...
... face was sunburned and peeling ; there were broken capillaries , sunburn upon sunburn . Pale smile lines radiated from corners of eyes , corners of mouth . It was a face of hard work and conviction . His family waited on the kibbutz ...
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Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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