| Author: | Toni Cade Bambara | ISBN: | 9780307778000 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | February 9, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Toni Cade Bambara |
| ISBN: | 9780307778000 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | February 9, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
In 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.
In 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.
