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product_id: 37654772
title: "Tristessa"
brand: "penguin group"
price: "KSh7871"
currency: KES
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
category: "Book"
url: https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/37654772-tristessa
store_origin: KE
region: Kenya
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# Tristessa

**Brand:** penguin group
**Price:** KSh7871
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Tristessa by penguin group
- **How much does it cost?** KSh7871 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.ke](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/37654772-tristessa)

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- penguin group enthusiasts

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## Description

Tristessa

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    ... in this "bop prosody" vision of the tragedy of love and the painful banality of loss
  

*by T***T on June 11, 2015*









  
  
    Kerouac is in full form in this "bop prosody" vision of the tragedy of love and the painful banality of loss. For such a short work (less than one hundred pages) he manages to spin an enthralling vision of a fleeting, passionate encounter in a world that has been poisoned. His characters, though only partially aware of it, oscillate between the two extremes of enlightened detachment and base addiction. For fans of Kerouac's more experimental moments, "Tristessa" will provide another satisfying feast.
  


### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Could do with or without this in my collection
  

*by A***R on June 4, 2017*









  
  
    This was a short little book with some brief periods of truly lovely writing. The story isn't much to write home about and you won't be on the edge of your seat wishing for more. Worth the read, but it will not make it on my personal list of books everyone should read before they die.
  


### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Vintage Kerouac
  

*by S***R on December 26, 2007*









  
  
    Jack Kerouac describes his low-budget meanderings within the slums of the Prostitution and Drug Culture in 1950's Mexico City.  His descriptions of the hovels that his "compadres" live in, is quite engrossing... it reminds me somewhat of the activities in the neighborhoods of modern-day Tijuana (short all the pets and chickens and so-forth)... I wouldn't recommend anyone attempt these same "feats" in modern-day Mexico City, as it has become a much more dangerous place for tourists over the last 50 years.The fact that Kerouac is able to travel and live among the bohemian under-culture is one thing, but that he is able to describe it with his running dialog style on a typewriter is quite unique (a style that is something close to what I'd independently come up with at 14 in 1973, while capturing a dialog between a good friend and my sister on my Mom's old manual typewriter).
  


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*Last updated: 2026-03-22*