{"product_id":"gorilla-my-love-paperback","title":"Gorilla, My Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToni Cade Bambara\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these fifteen superb stories, this essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North Carolina. A young girl suffers her first betrayal. A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children. A neighborhood loan shark teaches a white social worker a lesson in responsibility. And there is more. Sharing the world of Toni Cade Bambara's \"straight-up fiction\" is a stunning experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these fifteen superb stories, written in a style at once ineffable and immediately recognizable, Toni Cade Bambara gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, in scenes shifting between uptown New York and rural North CaroLina. A young girl suffers her first betrayal. A widow flirts with an elderly blind man against the wishes of her grown-up children. A neighborhood loan shark teaches o white social worker a lesson in responsibility. And there is more. Sharing the world of Toni Cade Bambara's \"straight-up fiction\" is a stunning experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eToni Cade Bambara is the author of two short story collections, \u003ci\u003eGorilla My Love\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSeabirds Are Still Alive\u003c\/i\u003e, and a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e. She has also edited \u003ci\u003eThe Black Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTales and Short Stories for Black Folks\u003c\/i\u003e. Her works have appeared in various periodicals and have been translated into several languages. She died in 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761557864736,"sku":"9780679738985","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7ea2e77988e1337d246f4158a247321b.webp?v=1780210419","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gorilla-my-love-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}