num_pages: 177
description: In 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.
language: English
title: Gorilla, My Love
titlecomplete: Gorilla, My Love
genres: Fiction, American, Short Stories, African American Literature, Womens, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 2141
places: North Carolina, New York City, New York
publisher: Random House (NY)