TRISTESSA
by KEROUAC, Jack
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
NY: Avon, 1960. First Edition. Original wraps. 12mo, pp. 126. Pages yellowed as usual, A fine copy. Not issued in cloth. Charters A 12a.s. Kerouac chronicles his Mexican love affair with drug addict Esperanza Villanueva.
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
- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52327
- Title
- TRISTESSA
- Author
- KEROUAC, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Avon
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Life Books Inc
Biblio member since 2008
Lanesborough, Massachusetts
About Second Life Books Inc
Established on 1972, we sell used and rare books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc. of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Booksellers .
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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