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Farewell, Fred Voodoo: A Letter from Haiti
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A brilliant writers account of a long, painful, ecstaticand unreciprocatedaffair with a country that has long fascinated the world.The Rainy Season, Amy Wilentzs awardwinning 1989 portrait of Haiti after the fall of JeanClaude Duvalier, was praised in the New York Times Book Review as a remarkable account of a journalists transformation by her subject. In her relationship with the country since then, Wilentz has witnessed more than one magical transformation. Now, with Farewell, Fred Voodoo, she gives us a vivid portrayal of the extraordinary people living in this stark place.Wilentz traces the countrys history from its slave plantations through its turbulent revolutionary history, its kickupthedirt guerrilla movements, its totalitarian dynasty that ruled for decades, and its long and always troubled relationship with the United States. Yet through a history of hardship shines Haitis creative cultureits African traditions, its French inheritance, and its uncanny resilience, a strength that is often confused with resignation.Haiti emerged from the dust of the 2010 earthquake like a powerful spirit, and this stunning book describes the countrys daytoday struggle and its relationship to outsiders who come to help out. There are humanrights reporters gone awry, movie stars turned aid workers, priests and musicians running for president, doctors turned diplomats. A former U.S. president works as a house builder and voodoo priests try to control elections.A foreign correspondent on a simple story becomes, over time and in the pages of this book, a lover of Haiti, pursuing the essence of this beautiful and confounding land into its darkest and brightest corners. Farewell, Fred Voodoo is a spiritual journey into the heart of the human soul, and Haiti has found in Amy Wilentz an author of astonishing wit, sympathy, and eloquence.
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