Tristessa

by Jack Kerouac

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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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ISBN-13: 9780070342057
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill (1978)
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