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Tristessa
by Kerouac, Jack
- New
- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0140168117
- ISBN 13
- 9780140168112
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
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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- Bookseller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50134
- Title
- Tristessa
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- ISBN 10
- 0140168117
- ISBN 13
- 9780140168112
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- mexico;
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