"This entire short novel Tristessa's a narrative meditation studying a hen, a rooster, a dove, a cat, a chihuaha dog, family meat, and a ravishing, ravished junky lady, first in their crowded bedroom, then out to drunken streets, taco stands, & pads at dawn in Mexico City slums." —Allen Ginsberg
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Jack Kerouac was one of the founders of the Beat Generation and its literature. He is most famous for his 1957 novel On the Road.
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Book Description Condition: Good-. First thus. Stated "First McGraw-Hill paperback edition, 1978 Set in Mexico City. It is based on Kerouac's 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). 96 pp. Indiana University ex-library marks. Seller Inventory # 42206