My first foray into Caribbean literary fiction. I have little by which to gauge this book, so for me it an was endlessly interesting adventure into a place about which I know very little. There are environmental themes, gender and sexuality undercurrents, history and patriarchal elements all converging into one teeny little book. I should probably study up on the background of the places and the author to give myself some context. But I would read another one. The translator did incredibly well, and the prose was often quite lovely.