“Mabanckou dazzles with technical dexterity and emotional depth”
in his debut novel, winner of the Grand Prix Littéraire de
l’Afrique Noire (Publishers Weekly, starred review). 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 is a
novel of postcolonial Africa where young people born into poverty
dream of making it big in the cities of their former colonial masters.
Alain Mabanckou’s searing commentary on the lives of Africans in
France is cut with the parody of African villagers who boast of a son
in the country of Digol. Praise for Alain Mabanckou and Blue White Red
“Mabanckou counts as one of the most successful voices of young
African literature.” —Internationales Literaturfestival Berlin
“The African Beckett.” —The Economist “Blue White Red stands
at the beginning of the author’s remarkable and multifaceted career
as a novelist, essayist and poet . . . this debut novel shows much
of his style and substance in remarkable ways . . . Dundy’s
translation is excellent.” —Africa Book Club “Mabanckou’s
provocative novel probes the many facets of the ‘migration
adventure.’” —Booklist
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ISBN
9780253007940
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
Indiana University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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