Published Jan. 1, 2006 by L&Pm.
Tristessa - Coleção L&PM Pocket Plus (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

Jack Kerouac: Tristessa - Coleção L&PM Pocket Plus (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2006, L&Pm)
- ISBN:
- 978-85-254-1546-2
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).
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).