The Sun the Sea a Touch of the Wind Author:Rosa Guy Haiti is the setting for this novel about an African-American artiist. Jonnie Dash has just sold one of her paintings for a large sum of money. She takes advantage of her windfall by visiting her old lover and teacher, Gerard, now widowed and living in Haiti. She is, however, troubled by disturbing memories from her childhood, and reflects on he... more »r past in her hotel room, where she has chosen to remain rather than stay with Gerard. In the course of the novel Jonnie meets an assortment of characters, from U.S. tourists to revolutionaries to members of the Tontons Macoutes.« less