Title: Tristessa
Description: 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: Beat Generation, Fiction, Beats (Persons), American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Prostitutes, Drug abuse
Places: Mexico City, Mexico
People: Jack Kerouac