Blue White Red: A Novel

Alain Mabanckou counts as one of the most successful voices of young African literature in the French language.

— Ulrich Schreiber ― Internationales literaturfestival berlin

Alain Mabanckou can be defined as the ‘clear guide’ of a new generation of Congolese writers.

― Infopagecongo

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,’ including the shame that accompanies migrants home when their foreign sojourn ends in failure.

― Booklist

Mabanckou dazzles with technical dexterity and emotional depth. Vulnerability beckons in this masterful story about a world we always knew was too good to be true, yet reminds us that new skies appear and new seasons begin. (Starred review)

― Publishers Weekly

A journey into postcolonial Africa by a prize-winning writer