Windward Heights
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Windward Heights is a novel by French author Maryse Condé, written in French and first published in 1995 by Robert Laffont. The English translation, by Condé's husband Richard Philcox, was first publi
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Jean Rhys
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Jean Rhys was a British Creole novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she resided mainly in England, where she was sent for her education. She is be
Windward Heights
…Razyé and his wife, Irmine Linsseuil. He is the husband of Cathy II, who is also his half sister. Alongside Wuthering Heights, Condé invoked the work of Jean Rhys as an inspiration, particular her 1966 novel Wide Sargasso Sea (based on Charlotte Brontë's 1847 Jane Eyre). Kirkus Reviews concluded that Windward…
Rhys (left) with Mollie Stoner (right), 1970s
The blue plaque at her Chelsea flat in 2015