I Am Heathcliff: Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights
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16 modern fiction superstars shine a startling light on the romance and pain of the infamous literary pair Heathcliff and Cathy.Short stories to stir the heart and awaken vital conversation about love.Sixteen stories inspired by Wuthering Heights.In ‘Terminus’ a young woman hides in an empty Brighton hotel; in ‘Thicker Than Blood’ a man sits in a hot tub stalking his newly-married love on social media; and in ‘A bird half-eaten’ an amateur boxer prepares for a match.A woman recalls the ‘Heathcliffs I Have Known’ and the physical danger she has borne at their hands; in ‘Anima’ a child and a fox are unified in one startling moment of violence; and in ‘One Letter Different’ two teenagers walk the moors and face up to their respective buried secrets.Curated by Kate Mosse and commissioned for Emily Brontë’s bicentenary year in 2018, these fresh, modern stories pulse with the raw beauty and pain of love and are as timely as they are illuminating.The full list of contributors is:Leila Aboulela, Hanan Al-Shaykh, Joanna Cannon, Alison Case, Juno Dawson, Louise Doughty, Sophie Hannah, Anna James, Erin Kelly, Dorothy Koomson, Grace McCleen, Lisa McInerney, Laurie Penny, Nikesh Shukla, Michael Stewart and Louisa Young.
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Kate Mosse. I Am Heathcliff: Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights
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Dedication
FOREWORD BY KATE MOSSE
TERMINUS. LOUISE DOUGHTY
ANIMA. GRACE MCCLEEN
A BIRD, HALF-EATEN. NIKESH SHUKLA
THICKER THAN BLOOD. ERIN KELLY. August
February
March
September
ONE LETTER DIFFERENT. JOANNA CANNON
THE HOWLING GIRL. LAURIE PENNY
FIVE SITES, FIVE STAGES. LISA MCINERNEY. Market stall
Lane off Bridge Street
River wall
Junction
If truth is a place, it is barely habitable
KIT. JUNO DAWSON
MY EYE IS A BUTTON ON YOUR DRESS. HANAN AL-SHAYKH
THE CORD. ALISON CASE
HEATHCLIFFS I HAVE KNOWN. LOUISA YOUNG
AMULET AND FEATHERS. LEILA ABOULELA
HOW THINGS DISAPPEAR. ANNA JAMES
THE WILDFLOWERS. DOROTHY KOOMSON. Saturday, 9.05 a.m
Twelve years ago
Saturday, 9.07 a.m
Eleven years ago
Saturday, 9.15 a.m
Ten years, six months ago
Saturday, 9.35 a.m
Ten years, three months ago
Saturday, 9.40 a.m
Two weeks ago
Saturday, 9.45 a.m
Two weeks ago
Saturday, 9.50 a.m
Saturday, 12.35 p.m
HEATHCLIFF IS NOT MY NAME. MICHAEL STEWART
ONLY JOSEPH. SOPHIE HANNAH
Footnotes. Anima – Grace McCleen
My Eye Is a Button on Your Dress – Hanan al-Shaykh
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
A NOTE ON EMILY BRONTË
About the Publisher
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For EB, in whose
footsteps we walk
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On the third morning, as she is crossing the foyer on her way to the breakfast room, the pale young man calls her over, ‘Miss Crossley,’ he says.
She greets him with a smile. They are almost old friends now. She struck up a proper conversation with him the day before, after she lost her key card on one of the beach walks. He ended up confiding in her that his wife is expecting twins, that she is from Romania, and they met over karaoke, that he is excited but nervous about becoming a father. She has worked out that his supercilious air is borne out of a touching if misplaced belief that the hotel he works for is quite posh. ‘Morning,’ she says, cheerily.
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