Softcover. NY, Avon Books, 1st pbk., 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, mass paperback, 126 pages. 35 cents price. Tristessa is a 1960 novella by Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. While in Mexico City Kerouac falls in love with a young Mexican prostitute and a morphine addict whose real name was Esperanza Villanueva. In Spanish Tristessa means sadness. Kerouac tries to rescue her from injury,overdose and possible death as he stays with her through the streets of Mexico City and tries to find her a home. Previous owner's name on first page, otherwise tight and clean.
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