Windward Heights (1995)

by Maryse Condé

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Winner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature Prizewinning writer Maryse Condé reimagines Emily Brontë's passionate novel as a tale of obsessive love between the "African" Razyé and Cathy, the mulatto daughter of the man who takes Razyé in and raises him, but whose treatment goads him into rebellious flight. Retaining the emotional power of the original, Condé shows the Caribbean society in the wake of emancipation.… (more)

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This is a reimagining of Bronte's Wuthering Heights set on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. The Caribbean setting was wonderfully evoked, and Cathy and Rayze' (Heathcliff) were also wonderfully real. This version goes well beyond Bronte's issues of wealth and class, and also considers race and slavery as important factors in the story. I found this to be a complex and involving read.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Maryse Condé	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Philcox, Richard	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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Dublin Literary Award (Longlist – 2000)

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Sturminsel

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La migration des coeurs

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1995

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Razyé

Cathy

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Guadeloupe, Frankreich

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Für Emily Brontë,
die, so hoffe ich, diese Lesart
ihres Meisterwerks gutheissen wird.
Ehre und Respekt!

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Melchior lief an der Spitze der Prozession und trug das Banner seines Gottes, Chango.

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Winner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature Prizewinning writer Maryse Condé reimagines Emily Brontë's passionate novel as a tale of obsessive love between the "African" Razyé and Cathy, the mulatto daughter of the man who takes Razyé in and raises him, but whose treatment goads him into rebellious flight. Retaining the emotional power of the original, Condé shows the Caribbean society in the wake of emancipation.

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