An edition of Tristessa
(1960)
Tristessa
by Jack Kerouac
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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 ("hope" in Spanish); Kerouac changed her name to Tristessa ("tristeza" means sadness in Spanish and Portuguese).
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Beat Generation, Fiction, Beats (Persons), American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Prostitutes, Drug abusePeople
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