Tristessa
by Kerouac, Jack
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- Seller
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Bridgeville, California, United States
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About This Item
Penguin New copy of this classic Kerouac title.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. As New.
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
- A Gyenis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2386
- Title
- Tristessa
- Author
- Kerouac, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Keywords
- First Edition, Beat
- Bookseller catalogs
- Beat Books;
Terms of Sale
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- New
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