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by Toni Cade Bambara (Author)
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Ten stories of Black life written with Ms. Bambara's characteristic vigor, sensibility and winning irony. The stories range from the timid and bumbling confusion of a novice community worker in "The Apprentice" to the love-versus-politics crisis of an organizers wife, to the dark and bright notes of the title story about the passengers on a refugee ship from a war-torn Asian nation.

Young girls, weary men, lovers, frauds and revolutionaries -- Toni Cade Bambara handles them all the expertise, passion and huge talent. As the Chicago Daily News said, "Ms. Bambara grabs you by the throat...she dazzles, she charms."


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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; 1st Vintage Books Ed edition (August 12, 1982)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0394711769
  • ISBN-13: 978-0394711768
  • Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.3 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,220,019 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars More Like Polemics Than Short Stories, May 8, 2009
These short stories are written in a heavy-handed manner as though Bambera could not draw the line between political polemics and literature. There is no beauty and no flow in the writing. The stories read like postings on campus bulletin boards or neighborhood telephone polls.
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