Papa Doc

Papa Doc PDF Author: John Marquis
Publisher: LMH Publishers
ISBN: 9789768202499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Graham Greene's The comedians outlined the full horror of Dr. Francois Duvalier's reign in fiction form.

Papa Doc

Papa Doc PDF Author: John Marquis
Publisher: LMH Publishers
ISBN: 9789768202499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Graham Greene's The comedians outlined the full horror of Dr. Francois Duvalier's reign in fiction form.

Papa Doc, Baby Doc

Papa Doc, Baby Doc PDF Author: James Ferguson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Haiti
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Papa Doc

Papa Doc PDF Author: Bernard Diederich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Haiti
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Create Dangerously

Create Dangerously PDF Author: Edwidge Danticat
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307946509
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Series, here Danticat tells stories of artists who create despite (or because of) the horrors that drove them from their homelands. Combining memoir and essay, these moving and eloquent pieces examine what it means to be an artist from a country in crisis. BONUS MATERIAL: This edition includes an excerpt from Edwidge Danticat's Claire of the Sea Light.

Haiti

Haiti PDF Author: Elizabeth Abbott
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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The story of the tyrannical years in Haiti is one of degradation and repression and of shocking life-and-death struggles for power. This account from the senior editor of Haiti Times reads incredibly like a novel by Graham Greene. 8 pages of photos.

Memory at Bay

Memory at Bay PDF Author: Évelyne Trouillot
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813938104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphaël Confiant-- Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti’s most vital authors, Évelyne Trouillot. Trouillot introduces us to a bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young émigré who attends to her needs but who harbors a secret--the bitter loss she feels for her mother, a victim of the dictator’s atrocities. The story that unfolds is a deftly plotted psychological drama in which the two women in turn relive their radically contrasting accounts of the dictator’s regime. Partly a retelling of Haiti’s nightmarish history under Duvalier, and partly an exploration of the power of memory, Trouillot’s novel takes a suspenseful turn when the aide contemplates murdering the old widow. Memory at Bay was praised by the Prix Carbet committee for the way it treats the enigmas of destiny and for a pairing of characters whose voices bring the narrative to the edge of the ineffable. CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French

The Comedians

The Comedians PDF Author: Graham Greene
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Red and Black in Haiti

Red and Black in Haiti PDF Author: Matthew J. Smith
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 080789415X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 293

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In 1934 the republic of Haiti celebrated its 130th anniversary as an independent nation. In that year, too, another sort of Haitian independence occurred, as the United States ended nearly two decades of occupation. In the first comprehensive political history of postoccupation Haiti, Matthew Smith argues that the period from 1934 until the rise of dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier to the presidency in 1957 constituted modern Haiti's greatest moment of political promise. Smith emphasizes the key role that radical groups, particularly Marxists and black nationalists, played in shaping contemporary Haitian history. These movements transformed Haiti's political culture, widened political discourse, and presented several ideological alternatives for the nation's future. They were doomed, however, by a combination of intense internal rivalries, pressures from both state authorities and the traditional elite class, and the harsh climate of U.S. anticommunism. Ultimately, the political activism of the era failed to set Haiti firmly on the path to a strong independent future.

Papa Doc

Papa Doc PDF Author: Bernard Diederich
Publisher: Marcus Wiener
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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The Price of Blood

The Price of Blood PDF Author: Bernard Diederich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781558765290
Category : Dictators
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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