Blue White Red [[electronic resource] ] : A Novel / / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Alison Dundy
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| Autore: |
Mabanckou Alain <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Blue White Red [[electronic resource] ] : A Novel / / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Alison Dundy
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, Ind. ; ; Indianapolis, Ind., : Indiana University Press, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (168 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 843.92 |
| Soggetto topico: | Africans - France |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | DundyAlison |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Blue White Red |
| ISBN: | 0-253-00794-1 |
| 1-299-10601-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910779316003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Global African Voices