Tristessa
About this book
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).
Subjects
- american fiction (fictional works by one author)
- american literature
- beat generation
- beats (persons)
- drug abuse
- fiction
- prostitutes