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Windward Heights

Richard Philcox

3.7/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Soho Press

Release: July 01, 2003

ISBN: 1569472165

ISBN 13: 9781569472163

Windward Heights

Richard Philcox

3.7/5 ( ratings)

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.

Language: English

Pages: 352

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Soho Press

Release: July 01, 2003

ISBN: 1569472165

ISBN 13: 9781569472163

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