Tristessa by Kerouac, Jack

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Author: Kerouac, JackClassic fiction (pre c 1945)Published on 17 April 2025 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Penguin Archive series.Paperback | 112 pages180 x 111 x 9 | 72g
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksTristessa is a strange fever-dream of morphine sickness and belly-deep sadness. Or, in the words of Allen Ginsberg: a narrative meditation studying a hen, a rooster, a dove, a cat, a chihuahua dog, family meat, and a ravishing, ravished junky lady, first in their crowded bedroom, then out to drunken streets, taco stands, and pads at dawn in Mexico City slums.