{"product_id":"windward-heights-isbn-9781569472163","title":"Windward Heights","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrizewinning writer Maryse Condé reimagines Emily Brontë’s passionate  novel as a tale of obsessive love between the \"African\" Razyé and Cathy,  the half-Creole 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 Caribbean society in the  wake of emancipation.\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWindward Heights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Condé is a masterly storyteller who also proves deft at reinterpretting other people's stories, as she shows here with this energetic reimagining of \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e here set in Cuba and Guadeloupe at the turn of the century.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Condé gives Brontë a cultural context . . . a fine and unique accomplishment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Through [Condé's] transformation of the tragedy in \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, she creates a narrative that seduces, evokes and makes us think about the kinds of emotions that have moved human beings throughout our existence.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Exotic and eloquent... Condé takes Emily Brontë's cold-climate classic on obsessive love and makes it hot and lush.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A confident and incisive Caribbeanization of a European master-text by a master novelist of African descent.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Condé has given readers an astonishing new way in which to contemplate our ancestral past.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The author weaves in the history of the region along with themes of passionate love, color prejudice, oppression, and social unrest to create an engaging and well-written book that is difficult to put down.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Maryse Condé\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"An exceptional journey, Maryse Condé weaves an extremely luminous and poetic tale of a woman's transformations as she makes her way through many physical and mental landscapes. Maryse Condé gives us, as always, a remarkable story filled with striking revelations.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Edwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Honest, exquisitely measured . . . inspiring in its reminder of the human spirit’s capacity to endure.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"[An] astute study of family and place.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A confident and incisive Caribbeanization of a European master-text by a master novelist of African descent.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Condé has conjured up a tale of memory and legacy that is both lyrical and harrowing. A-.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaryse Condé\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eI, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem, Tree of Life, Crossing the Mangrove, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the African Kings\u003c\/i\u003e,  among others. She is the recipient of the prestigious French award, the  alternative Nobel Prize for literature, Le Grand Prix Littéraire de la  Femme, and a Guggenheim Fellow. She is a professor of French Caribbean  Literature at Columbia University. She and her husband Richard Philcox,  who masterfully translated \u003ci\u003eWindward Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, divide their time between New York City and Guadeloupe.","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304892289253,"sku":"NP9781569472163","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569472163.jpg?v=1767744369","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/windward-heights-isbn-9781569472163","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}