Tristessa
by Kerouac, Jack [ Personal Copy of Jack Kerouac ]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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CROTON-ON-HUDSON, New York, United States
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About This Item
Milan: Sugar Editore, 1969. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. Good, bound in full blue cloth, with a Good dust jacket. Staining to jacket, waviness to top corner of most pages, no overt staining. Minor edge wear to jacket. Interior is clean and unmarked, binding intact. Ink stamp and embossed stamp to title page indicating this book was personally owned by Jack Kerouac, and passed to his estate. Book is accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity.
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
- Evolving Lens Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15275
- Title
- Tristessa
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack [ Personal Copy of Jack Kerouac ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Italian Edition
- Publisher
- Sugar Editore
- Place of Publication
- Milan
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- jack Kerouac, doctor sax, first edition
Terms of Sale
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