{"product_id":"gorilla-my-love-isbn-9780679738985","title":"Gorilla, My Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eFifteen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bambara grabs you by the throat ... she dazzles, she charms.\" —\u003ci\u003eChicago Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\"Ms. Bambara grabs you by the throat...she dazzles, she charms.\" —\u003ci\u003eChicago Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Among the best portraits of black life to have appeared in some time.\" —\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" \u003ci\u003e—Newsweek\u003c\/i\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.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302692507877,"sku":"NP9780679738985","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679738985.jpg?v=1767728387","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/gorilla-my-love-isbn-9780679738985","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}