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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813536703321

Autore

Mabanckou Alain <1966->

Titolo

Blue white red : a novel / / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Alison Dundy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Ind. ; ; Indianapolis, Ind., : Indiana University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-253-00794-1

1-299-10601-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

Global African voices

Altri autori (Persone)

DundyAlison

Disciplina

843.914

Soggetti

Africans - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Translator's Introduction; African Migration and African Dandys; Blue White Red; Opening; Part One: The Country; Part Two: Paris; Closing

Sommario/riassunto

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