by Maryse Condé · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221077245
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«La migration des cœurs» is the literary fiction novel by Maryse Condé, published by R. Laffont in paperback (336 pages, in French).
A loose Caribbean adaptation of Wuthering Heights, set in Cuba and Guadeloupe at the end of the nineteenth century. Razyé, a Caribbean Heathcliff, and Cathy share a violent passion marked by revenge, family hatreds and occult beliefs. The prose combines French and Creole to reflect cultural mixing.
Originally published in 1995, the novel appeared with the subtitle «roman» on the cover.
For readers of literary fiction interested in rewritings of classics and in Caribbean literature.
Maryse Condé was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. She was also an academic, whose teaching career took her to West Africa and North America, as well as the Caribbean and Europe. As a writer, Condé is best known for her novel Ségou (1984–1985).
