num_pages: 192
description: 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 NewsA 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.
language: English
title: Gorilla, My Love
titlecomplete: Gorilla, My Love
genres: Classics, American, Race, Short Stories, African American, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, African American Literature, Womens
ratings_count: 2142
places: New York City, New York, North Carolina
publisher: Vintage