Copyright Date:
2023
Edition Date:
2023
Release Date:
10/17/23
Pages:
287 pages
ISBN:
Publisher: 1-250-87891-8 Perma-Bound: 0-8000-7130-1
ISBN 13:
Publisher: 978-1-250-87891-5 Perma-Bound: 978-0-8000-7130-1
Dewey:
Fic
Dimensions:
21 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
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Suri's spin on Emily Bronte?'s Wuthering Heights begins in 1786 Yorkshire. After overhearing Catherine use deplorable words against him, Heathcliff storms out of Wuthering Heights and journeys to London in hopes of becoming prosperous. Heathcliff finds himself struggling to survive on his own, while, back home, Catherine fights with her drunken brother and falls into deep misery. Unlike the original, this book is told from Heathcliff's and Catherine's perspectives, and when Heathcliff narrates, he speaks to Catherine, showing the unbreakable bond between them. Each main character is led on an individual journey to discover their past history in order to find comfort and heal. Suri uses historical information of white colonialism overtaking India to provide a realistic depiction of the time. She emphasizes how skin color marks the way individuals can be treated (the Nelly in this updated story is bold enough to check Catherine's privilege). Lovers of Bronte?'s classic will appreciate the message of this modified story: no matter what roads we've taken, we're all entitled to kindness in this world.
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In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. Two British Indian teens cut off from their heritage find solace in each other in this gothic Wuthering Heights YA remix that subverts the default whiteness of the original text. Sometimes, lost things find their way home... Yorkshire, North of England, 1786. As the abandoned son of a lascar--a sailor from India--Heathcliff has spent most of his young life maligned as an "outsider." Now he's been flung into an alien life in the Yorkshire moors, where he clings to his birth father's language even though it makes the children of the house call him an animal, and the maids claim he speaks gibberish. Catherine is the younger child of the estate's owner, a daughter with light skin and brown curls and a mother that nobody talks about. Her father is grooming her for a place in proper society, and that's all that matters. Catherine knows she must mold herself into someone pretty and good and marriageable, even though it might destroy her spirit. As they occasionally flee into the moors to escape judgment and share the half-remembered language of their unknown kin, Catherine and Heathcliff come to find solace in each other. Deep down in their souls, they can feel they are the same. But when Catherine's father dies and the household's treatment of Heathcliff only grows more cruel, their relationship becomes strained and threatens to unravel. For how can they ever be together, when loving each other--and indeed, loving themselves--is as good as throwing themselves into poverty and death? Praise for What Souls Are Made Of : "With its brooding characters, gorgeous setting, and a romance that sparkles with electricity, this retelling of Wuthering Heights breathes fresh air into an old classic." --Stacey Lee, New York Times- bestselling author of The Downstairs Girl and Luck of the Titanic
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