Inkle & Yarico

by Beryl Gilroy

Book Overview

After 20-year-old Thomas Inkle is left the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the West Indies, he is rescued by Yarico, a Carib woman who takes him as her lover. Their erotic encounter, which has a profound effect on both, is explored with poetic, imaginative intensity. Amongst the Caribs, Inkle is a mere child whose survival depends entirely on Yarico's favor and protection. When he is rescued and taken with Yarico to the slave island of Barbados, however,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094883398X
• ISBN13: 9780948833984
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"