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Tristessa
by Jack Kerouac
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0070342059
- ISBN 13
- 9780070342057
- Seller
-
Florence, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Stated first edition. Excellent condition. Pages unmarked, light foxing on head, small bend on bottom right of front cover.
Synopsis
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; Kerouac changed her name to Tristessa ("tristeza" means sadness in Spanish and Portuguese). This novel has been translated into Spanish by Jorge García-Robles, of Mexico City.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookends in Florence (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24192
- Title
- Tristessa
- Author
- Jack Kerouac
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0070342059
- ISBN 13
- 9780070342057
- Publisher
- Mcgraw-hill Inc
- Place of Publication
- Whitby, On, Canada
- Date Published
- April 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookends in Florence
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Florence, Massachusetts
About Bookends in Florence
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