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Gorilla, My Love

By Toni Cade Bambara

By Toni Cade Bambara

By Toni Cade Bambara

By Toni Cade Bambara

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Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Paperback $15.00

Jun 30, 1992 | ISBN 9780679738985

Ebook $8.99

Feb 09, 2011 | ISBN 9780307778000

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    About Gorilla, My Love

    Fifteen unforgettable short stories from an essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, from uptown New York to rural North Carolina.

    “Bambara grabs you by the throat … she dazzles, she charms.” —Chicago Daily News

    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.

    About Gorilla, My Love

    Fifteen unforgettable short stories from an essential author of African American fiction gives us compelling portraits of a wide range of unforgettable characters, from sassy children to cunning old men, from uptown New York to rural North Carolina.

    “Bambara grabs you by the throat … she dazzles, she charms.” —Chicago Daily News

    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.

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    About Toni Cade Bambara

    Toni Cade Bambara is the author of two short-story collections, Gorilla My Love and Seabirds Are Still Alive, and a novel, The Salt Eaters. She has also edited The Black Woman and Tales and Short Stories for Black Folks. Her works have appeared in various periodicals and… More about Toni Cade Bambara

    About Toni Cade Bambara

    Toni Cade Bambara is the author of two short-story collections, Gorilla My Love and Seabirds Are Still Alive, and a novel, The Salt Eaters. She has also edited The Black Woman and Tales and Short Stories for Black Folks. Her works have appeared in various periodicals and… More about Toni Cade Bambara

    Product Details

    Category: Short Stories | Women’s Fiction

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 30, 1992 | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679738985

    Category: Short Stories | Women’s Fiction

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 09, 2011 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9780307778000

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    Praise

    “Ms. Bambara grabs you by the throat…she dazzles, she charms.” —Chicago Daily News

    “Among the best portraits of black life to have appeared in some time.” —Saturday Review

    “Bambara presents situations that build like improvisations on a melody….As drawn with spirit and subtlety. [Her characters] are-even in their defeats-a pleasure to watch.” —Newsweek

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