Tristessa
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- Condition
- UsedGood
- ISBN 10
- 0140168117
- ISBN 13
- 9780140168112
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About This Item
UsedGood. minor shelf wear, some underlining age tanned
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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- Books4Cause Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5D400000A16G_ns
- Title
- Tristessa
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Book Condition
- UsedGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140168117
- ISBN 13
- 9780140168112
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1992-06-01
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