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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... tried to make an independent Forêt des Pins : where I ran with the champion Haitian marathoners . in with the Tortue Air Force . ) Port - de - Paix : where I searched for buried pirate treasure but found only malaria . Kenscoff : here ...
... tried to make an independent Forêt des Pins : where I ran with the champion Haitian marathoners . in with the Tortue Air Force . ) Port - de - Paix : where I searched for buried pirate treasure but found only malaria . Kenscoff : here ...
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... tried his patience . In Africa , dear friend , he had tossed and turned . Haiti was the best place . The monkeys ... trying to treat this evening at the salon of Monsieur G. as a normal social occasion - aimed for suave , unembar ...
... tried his patience . In Africa , dear friend , he had tossed and turned . Haiti was the best place . The monkeys ... trying to treat this evening at the salon of Monsieur G. as a normal social occasion - aimed for suave , unembar ...
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... tried to figure out what General Namphy had in mind . He was a jive prince , not a rapping demagogue — a blunt ... trying for charisma . Sometimes he would wear a helmet , hold a gun , glower ; sometimes he would stutter in French ...
... tried to figure out what General Namphy had in mind . He was a jive prince , not a rapping demagogue — a blunt ... trying for charisma . Sometimes he would wear a helmet , hold a gun , glower ; sometimes he would stutter in French ...
Table des matières
Chapter Three LoupgarousWerewolvesHobgoblins | 37 |
Chapter Four The Renaissance of the Fifties | 51 |
Chapter Five Combat de Coqs | 69 |
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