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Amy Wilentz Farewell, Fred Voodoo (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Farewell, Fred Voodoo : a Letter from Haiti
- Publication Name
- Farewell, Fred Voodoo
- Title
- Farewell, Fred Voodoo
- Subtitle
- A Letter from Haiti
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1451644078
- EAN
- 9781451644074
- ISBN
- 9781451644074
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Genre
- Travel, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Caribbean & West Indies, Regional Studies, International Relations / General, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Customs & Traditions, Caribbean & West Indies / General
- Release Date
- 17/12/2013
- Release Year
- 2013
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 11.7 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, this is a brilliant writer's account of a long, painful, ecstatic--and unreciprocated--affair with a country that has long fascinated the world. A foreign correspondent on a simple story becomes, over time and in the pages of this book, a lover of Haiti, pursuing the heart of this beautiful and confounding land into its darkest corners and brightest clearings. Farewell, Fred Voodoo is a journey into the depths of the human soul as well as a vivid portrayal of the nation's extraordinary people and their uncanny resilience. Haiti has found in Amy Wilentz an author of astonishing wit, sympathy, and eloquence.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1451644078
ISBN-13
9781451644074
eBay Product ID (ePID)
154367062
Product Key Features
Book Title
Farewell, Fred Voodoo : a Letter from Haiti
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Caribbean & West Indies, Regional Studies, International Relations / General, Disasters & Disaster Relief, Customs & Traditions, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Travel, History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F1921.W55 2013
Reviews
Farewell, Fred Voodoo is engrossing and gorgeous and funny, a meticulously reported story of love for a maddening place. Wilentz's writing is so lyrical it's like hearing a song - in this case, the magical, confounding, sad song of Haiti., I can't imagine there's a better book about Haiti--a smarter, more thoughtful, tough-minded, romantic, plainspoken, intimate, well-reported book. Amy Wilentz has paid exceptionally close attention to this dreamy, nightmarish place for a quarter century, and with Farewell, Fred Voodoo she turns all that careful watching and thinking into a riveting work of nonfiction literature., Farewell, Fred Voodoo showcases all [Wilentzs] formidable gifts as a reporter: her love of, and intimate familiarity with, Haiti; her sense of historical perspective; and her eye for the revealing detail. Like Joan Didion and V. S. Naipaul, she has an ability not only to provide a visceral, physical feel for a place, but also to communicate an existential sense of what its like to be there as a journalist with a very specific and sometimes highly subjective relationship with her subject., Farewell, Fred Voodoo is written with authority and great affection for Haiti and Haitians and forthose who are trying to help them. An informative and wonderful piece of writing, it is a work of considerable artistry, immensely evocative. I read it with pleasure and with mounting gratitude., Excellent and illuminating.a love letter toand a lament forHaiti, a country with an already strange and tortured history that became even more tragic, interesting and convoluted in the months after the earthquake. [Wilentz] brings to Haiti empathy and her great skills as a narrator.it's Wilentz's honesty about her own role in Haiti and that of so many other American visitors to that country that ultimately distinguishes her book most from other works that cover similar terrain., Farewell, Fred Voodoo is written with authority and great affection for Haiti and Haitians and for those who are trying to help them. An informative and wonderful piece of writing, it is a work of considerable artistry, immensely evocative. I read it with pleasure and with mounting gratitude., A veteran journalist captures the functioning chaos of Haiti. ... An extraordinarily frank cultural study/memoir that eschews platitudes of both tragedy and hope., eoeAmy Wilentz isabrilliant writer, an acejournalist and, perhaps most important, she is not an outsider. She'sthe perfect guide through the heartbreak and beauty of post-earthquake Haiti. I was gripped byherrespectful and first-hand reporting onVoodoo, and impressed by her enormous sensitivity to the crushing deprivation most Haitians endure.e, eoeExcellent and illuminatinge.a love letter toe"and a lament fore"Haiti, a country with an already strange and tortured history that became even more tragic, interesting and convoluted in the months after the earthquakee. [Wilentz] brings to Haiti empathy and her great skills as a narratore.it's Wilentz's honesty about her own role in Haiti and that of so many other American visitors to that country that ultimately distinguishes her book most from other works that cover similar terrain.e, Farewell, Fred Voodoo is engrossing and gorgeous and funny, a meticulously reported story of love for a maddening place. Wilentzs writing is so lyrical its like hearing a song in this case, the magical, confounding, sad song of Haiti., With great storytelling and a wry sense of human comedy, Amy Wilentz explains Haiti-its characters, its romance, and its unique place in world history-and brings it all to life with passion., Excellent and illuminating....a love letter to--and a lament for--Haiti, a country with an already strange and tortured history that became even more tragic, interesting and convoluted in the months after the earthquake.... [Wilentz] brings to Haiti empathy and her great skills as a narrator....it's Wilentz's honesty about her own role in Haiti and that of so many other American visitors to that country that ultimately distinguishes her book most from other works that cover similar terrain., Farewell, Fred Voodoo is engrossing and gorgeous and funny, a meticulously reported story of love for a maddening place. Wilentz's writing is so lyrical it's like hearing a song in this case, the magical, confounding, sad song of Haiti., Excellent and illuminating....a love letter to-and a lament for-Haiti, a country with an already strange and tortured history that became even more tragic, interesting and convoluted in the months after the earthquake.... [Wilentz] brings to Haiti empathy and her great skills as a narrator....it's Wilentz's honesty about her own role in Haiti and that of so many other American visitors to that country that ultimately distinguishes her book most from other works that cover similar terrain., eoe Farewell, Fred Voodoo is written with authority and great affection for Haiti and Haitians and forthose who are trying to help them. An informative and wonderful piece of writing, it is a work of considerable artistry, immensely evocative. I read it with pleasure and with mounting gratitude.e, Excellent….Wilentz matches [Joan Didion] for note-perfect prose and unflinching inquiry…. Wilentz is an artful guide…. [An] intimate, honest, bracingly unsentimental book., I can't imagine there's a better book about Haiti-a smarter, more thoughtful, tough-minded, romantic, plainspoken, intimate, well-reported book. Amy Wilentz has paid exceptionally close attention to this dreamy, nightmarish place for a quarter century, and with Farewell, Fred Voodoo she turns all that careful watching and thinking into a riveting work of nonfiction literature., Amy Wilentz isabrilliant writer, an acejournalist and, perhaps most important, she is not an outsider. She'sthe perfect guide through the heartbreak and beauty of post-earthquake Haiti. I was gripped byherrespectful and first-hand reporting onVoodoo, and impressed by her enormous sensitivity to the crushing deprivation most Haitians endure., Amy Wilentz knows Haiti deeply: its language, its tragic history, the foibles of her fellow Americans who often miss the story there. This makes her a wise, wry, indispensable guide to a country whose fate has long been so interwoven with our own., eoe Farewell, Fred Voodoo showcases all [Wilentze(tm)s] formidable gifts as a reporter: her love of, and intimate familiarity with, Haiti; her sense of historical perspective; and her eye for the revealing detail. Like Joan Didion and V. S. Naipaul, she has an ability not only to provide a visceral, physical feel for a place, but also to communicate an existential sense of what ite(tm)s like to be there as a journalist with a very specific and sometimes highly subjective relationship with her subject.e, Excellent and illuminating….a love letter to-and a lament for-Haiti, a country with an already strange and tortured history that became even more tragic, interesting and convoluted in the months after the earthquake…. [Wilentz] brings to Haiti empathy and her great skills as a narrator….it's Wilentz's honesty about her own role in Haiti and that of so many other American visitors to that country that ultimately distinguishes her book most from other works that cover similar terrain., eoeI can't imagine there's a better book about Haitie"a smarter, more thoughtful, tough-minded, romantic, plainspoken, intimate, well-reported book. Amy Wilentz has paid exceptionally close attention to this dreamy, nightmarish place for a quarter century, and with Farewell, Fred Voodoo she turns all that careful watching and thinking into a riveting work of nonfiction literature.e, eoeAmy Wilentz knows Haiti deeply: its language, its tragic history, the foibles of her fellow Americans who often miss the story there. This makes her a wise, wry, indispensable guide to a country whose fate has long been so interwoven with our own.e, Farewell, Fred Voodoo showcases all [Wilentz's] formidable gifts as a reporter: her love of, and intimate familiarity with, Haiti; her sense of historical perspective; and her eye for the revealing detail. Like Joan Didion and V. S. Naipaul, she has an ability not only to provide a visceral, physical feel for a place, but also to communicate an existential sense of what it's like to be there as a journalist with a very specific and sometimes highly subjective relationship with her subject., eoe Farewell, Fred Voodoo is engrossing and gorgeous and funny, a meticulously reported story of love for a maddening place. Wilentze(tm)s writing is so lyrical ite(tm)s like hearing a song e" in this case, the magical, confounding, sad song of Haiti.e, I can't imagine there's a better book about Haitia smarter, more thoughtful, tough-minded, romantic, plainspoken, intimate, well-reported book. Amy Wilentz has paid exceptionally close attention to this dreamy, nightmarish place for a quarter century, and with Farewell, Fred Voodoo she turns all that careful watching and thinking into a riveting work of nonfiction literature., Amy Wilentz is a brilliant writer, an ace journalist and, perhaps most important, she is not an outsider. She's the perfect guide through the heartbreak and beauty of post-earthquake Haiti. I was gripped by her respectful and first-hand reporting on Voodoo, and impressed by her enormous sensitivity to the crushing deprivation most Haitians endure.
Copyright Date
2013
Lccn
2012-018547
Dewey Decimal
972.94
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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