Blue White Red : a Novel / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Alison Dundy.

Author/creator Mabanckou, Alain, 1966- author.
Other author Dundy, Alison, translator.
Format Electronic
PublicationBloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Description1 online resource (pages).
Supplemental ContentJSTOR
Subjects

Uniform titleBleu, Blanc, Rouge. English
SeriesGlobal African voices
Global African voices. ^A1055153
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Translator's Introduction; African Migration and African Dandys; Blue White Red; Opening; Part One: The Country; Part Two: Paris; Closing.
Abstract 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 deport.
LanguageTranslated from the French.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Mabanckou, Alain, 1966- Bleu, Blanc, Rouge. English. Blue White Red 9780253007940
Genre/formElectronic books.
Genre/formFiction.
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780253007940 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0253007941 (electronic bk.)
ISBN(pbk. ; alk. paper)
ISBN(pbk. ; alk. paper)
Stock number441851 MIL
Stock number22573/ctt16gjd5w JSTOR
Stock numberF7B9A612-DD3C-4250-A8B3-477E05405D69 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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