{"product_id":"9780998642307","title":"Forbidden Fruit","description":"\u003cbr\u003eFiction. African and African American Studies. Winner of the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature. Desperate to make ends meet, Ombima commits a \"harmless\" crime. When he tries to conceal his misdeed, the simple farm laborer becomes a reluctant participant in a sinister affair. If discovered, the consequences could be disastrous for Ombima's family, friends, and a spate of unwitting, gossipy villagers. A delicious tale of greed, lust, and betrayal, Stanley Gazemba's FORBIDDEN FRUIT is more than a dramatic tale of rural life in western Kenya. The moral slips and desperate cover-ups—sometimes sad, sometimes farcical—are the stories of time and place beyond the village of Maragoli. \u003cp\u003e\"Once in a while I come across a novel that affirms life, without cheapening it, or sensationalizing, a book that presents a human condition with such mastery it makes one proud to be alive.they are, for me, the sort of books that make literature great.\"—Binyavanga Wainaina \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What makes [FORBIDDEN FRUIT] so special is that it has no pretensions about attempting to address issues of modernity, of city life, of 'clash of cultures,' of the rural-urban divide...the issues it deals with are as immediate, even if they are beyond the gaze, beyond the limits of the urbanity that attracts most writers.\"—African Review of Books\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Mantle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47009025196272,"sku":"9780998642307","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780998642307_p0.jpg?v=1763959170","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780998642307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}