Blue White Red

by Alain Mabanckou

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253007917
• ISBN13: 9780253007919
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"