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TristessaJack Kerouac

Tristessa

Jack Kerouac
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10 editions · 4 languages
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Tristessa is a novella by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac set in Mexico City. It is based on his relationship with a Mexican prostitute (the title character). The woman's real name was Esperanza ("hope" in Spanish); Kerouac changed her name to Tristessa ("tristeza" means sadness in Spanish and Portuguese).

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10 editions · 4 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Martino Fine Books · 98 pages · 9781684222896
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    DeVault-Graves Agency · 112 pages · 9781942531210
  • Other · English · 2019
    Penguin Books, Limited · 80 pages · 9780241388990
  • Other · English · 2019
    Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241389003
  • Other · English · 1992
    Penguin Books · 96 pages · 9780140168112
  • Other · English · 1989
    McGraw-Hill · 96 pages · 9780070342392
Beat GenerationFictionBeats (Persons)American literatureProstitutesDrug abuse