Jonathan Cape, London, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage, other than foxing here and there. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Haiti; ISBN: 0224025635. ISBN/EAN: 9780224025638. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 16795. . 9780224025638

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"The earthquake has unleashed a desperation I recognize from my long education in Haiti as the desperation of extreme poverty. A few blocks away, I heard an elderly Haitian arguing with an officer of the 82nd over a piece of rope or bungee cord the man needed to tie up a bundle of stuff. The man had no teeth and gray sprouts of hair and he held the cord in his hand and was trying to get back to his bundle. But the officer stopped him. The man spoke no English, the officer no CreoleâÈ'but the officer knew that all scavenging had to stop now (as he said repeatedly), because the bulldozers were coming in and the Army did not want to bulldoze any scavengers. Finally though, the officerâÈ'rolling his eyes and shaking his head slightly, and looking up to the heavens in a combined gesture of impatience and resignation not uncommon among people new to HaitiâÈ'let the old man leave with his piece of rope." âÈ'From the new introduction, "After the Earthquake"

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Bookseller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 16795
Title: The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier
Author: Amy Wilentz
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0224025635
ISBN 13: 9780224025638
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1989
Keywords: BZDB1 History; Haiti; ISBN: 0224025635 EAN: 9780224025638 Amy Wilentz The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier

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