lingua English
Pubblicato il 24 Luglio 1992
Tristessa (1992)
lingua English
Pubblicato il 24 Luglio 1992
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).This novel has been translated into Spanish by Jorge García-Robles of Mexico City.