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Tristessa
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0070342059
- ISBN 13
- 9780070342057
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Mcgraw-hill Inc. Used - Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean 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
- Magers and Quinn Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1353475
- Title
- Tristessa
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0070342059
- ISBN 13
- 9780070342057
- Publisher
- Mcgraw-hill Inc
- Place of Publication
- Whitby, On, Canada
- This edition first published
- April 1978
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Magers and Quinn Booksellers
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- Shelf Wear
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- Remainder Mark
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