| Concrete Candy: Stories Contributor(s): Apollo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0385477805 ISBN-13: 9780385477802 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: Concrete Candy marks the debut of an astonishing new writer - notable both for the authenticity and immediacy of his voice and for his age: fifteen. Three years ago, Apollo, a child of the inner city and a protege of the acclaimed novelist Jess Mowry, began writing stories that reflect the tension, drama, and pathos of the urban reality he has lived and witnessed. The result is this collection of six powerful, haunting tales of boys dangerously adrift in the 'hood. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Fiction | Urban |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95035288 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.44" W x 7.98" (0.44 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Six incendiary stories that reflect the rage and frustration -- and the determination to survive -- of America's disenfranchised inner-city youth Concrete Candy marks the debut of an astonishing new writer -- notable both for the authenticity and immediacy of his voice and for his age: fifteen. Three years ago, Apollo, a child of the inner city and a protege of the acclaimed novelist Jess Mowry, began writing stories that reflect the tension, drama, and pathos of the urban reality he has lived and witnessed. The result is this collection of six powerful, haunting tales of boys dangerously adrift in the 'hood. |