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Tristessa
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0140168117
- ISBN 13
- 9780140168112
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Penguin Books. Near Fine. 1992. Paperback. 0140168117 . A Near Fine Trade Paperback. Tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages. An uncreased spine. "Written in two installments during visits Kerouac made to Mexico in 1955 and 1956, this novel is a portrait of a young prostitute destroying herself in the squalid drug underworld of Mexico City. Here, in the characteristic voice of Kerouac, emerge the major themes of his religious romanticism." ; 7.6 X 5.0 X 0.4 inches; 96 pages .
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
- Bytown Bookery
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25984
- Title
- Tristessa
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0140168117
- ISBN 13
- 9780140168112
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- 0140168117, Fiction > Psychological, Classic Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Psychology; Classics;
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