{"product_id":"9781569471616","title":"Windward Heights","description":"A retelling of Bront's\u003ci\u003e Wuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e set in nineteenth-century Guadeloupe and Cuba.  \u003cp\u003e  Prize-winning Caribbean novelist Maryse Cond reimagines Emily Bront's passionate novel as a tale of obsessive love between the \"African\" Rayze and Cathy, the mulatto daughter of the man who takes Rayze in and raises him, but whose treatment goads Rayze into rebellious flight. In Cuba, Rayze makes his fortune, but upon his return he discovers Cathy has wed the weak scion of a socially prominent Creole family. Rayze determines to be avenged for the loss of his love. His vengeance continues into the next generation, haunting both Cathy's daughter and his son.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In characteristic lush prose, Cond transposes\u003ci\u003e Wuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e to her native island of Guadeloupe, retaining the emotional power of the original while showing us Caribbean society in the wake of emancipation.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  First published in 1998 by Faber U.K. in Caryl Phillips's prestigious Caribbean series, \u003ci\u003eWindward Heights\u003c\/i\u003e is making its first appearance in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035898429680,"sku":"9781569471616","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781569471616_p0.gif?v=1763790595","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781569471616","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}