{"product_id":"tristessa-by-jack-kerouac-9780241388990","title":"Tristessa","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA haunting portrayal of addiction and a troubled young woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe understands Karma, she says- \"What I do, I reap\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer name means sadness, yet Tristessa, a prostitute and morphine addict, lives without cares in her shabby room with a menagerie of pets and an altar to the Virgin Mary. Based on Jack Kerouac's own real-life love affair in Mexico City, this is the story of a man's ill-fated relationship with a woman he portrays with tenderness and dignity, even as her life spirals out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA narrative meditation studying a hen, a rooster, a dove, a cat, a chihuaha 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.\u003c\/em\u003e – Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302790058220,"sku":"9780241388990","price":22.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241388990.jpg?v=1743109642","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/tristessa-by-jack-kerouac-9780241388990","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}