Easier to read, probably also less biased than Abbott book. No Other Life, Brian Moore, 1993. The Immaculate Invasion, Bob Shacochis, 1999. US restoration of Aristide to presidency 1994-96. Very critical of US policy in Haiti.
Proverbs play an important linguistic role.
Breath, Eyes, Memory, Edwidge Danticat, 1994. Edwidge Danticat, 1991. Nine short stories about life under dictatorship. Author is Dominican, but the experiences she recounts have been similar in Haiti. Caribbean Art, Veerle Poupeye, 1998.