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Her name means sadness, yet Tristessa, a prostitute and morphine addict, lives without cares in her shabby room with a menagerie of pets and an altar to the Virgin Mary. Based on Jack Kerouac's own real-life love affair in Mexico city, this is the story of a man's ill-fated relationship with a woman he portrays with tenderness and dignity, even as her life spirals out of control.
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Tristessa, Jack Kerouac
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- Released
- 2019
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- Title
- Tristessa
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jack Kerouac
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 80
- ISBN10
- 0241388996
- ISBN13
- 9780241388990
- Series
- The Duluoz Legend
- First published
- 1960
- Original title
- Tristessa
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Her name means sadness, yet Tristessa, a prostitute and morphine addict, lives without cares in her shabby room with a menagerie of pets and an altar to the Virgin Mary. Based on Jack Kerouac's own real-life love affair in Mexico city, this is the story of a man's ill-fated relationship with a woman he portrays with tenderness and dignity, even as her life spirals out of control.