An edition of Tristessa (1960)

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An edition of Tristessa (1960)

Tristessa

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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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Penguin Books
Language
English
Pages
96

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Subjects

Beat Generation Fiction Beats (Persons) American fiction (fictional works by one author) American literature Prostitutes Drug abuse

People

Jack Kerouac

Places

Mexico City Mexico

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Cover of: Tristessa
Tristessa
2013, Oscar Mondadori
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Tristessa
1992, Penguin Books
in English
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Tristessa
1978, McGraw-Hill
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Edition Notes

Published in
New York, N.Y., U.S.A

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3521.E735 T73 1992, PS3521.E735T73 1992

The Physical Object

Pagination
96 p. ;
Number of pages
96

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL1562118M
ISBN 10
0140168117
LCCN
91043531
OCLC/WorldCat
24871127
LibraryThing
67961
Wikidata
Q126706779
Goodreads
19647

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL65925W

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