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Blue White Red: A Novel

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Description for Blue White Red: A Novel Paperback.

This tale of wild adventure reveals the dashed hopes of Africans living between worlds. When Moki returns to his village from France wearing designer clothes and affecting all the manners of a Frenchman, Massala-Massala, who lives the life of a humble peanut farmer after giving up his studies, begins to dream of following in Moki's footsteps. Together, the two take wing for Paris, where Massala-Massala finds himself a part of an underworld of out-of-work undocumented immigrants. After a botched attempt to sell metro passes purchased with a stolen checkbook, he winds up in jail and is deported. Blue White Red ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253007919
SKU
V9780253007919
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou is the author of several prize-winning novels, including Mémoires de porc-épic (Memoirs of a Porcupine). Blue White Red is winner of the Grand Prix Littéraire de l'Afrique Noire. He is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Alison Dundy lives in New York City and works as a librarian, archivist, and ... Read more

Reviews for Blue White Red: A Novel
Alain Mabanckou counts as one of the most successful voices of young African literature in the French language.
Ulrich Schreiber
Internationales literaturfestival berlin
Alain Mabanckou can be defined as the 'clear guide' of a new generation of Congolese writers.
Infopagecongo
Blue White Red stands at the beginning of the author's remarkable and multifaceted career as ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Blue White Red: A Novel


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