{"product_id":"tristessa-jack-kerouac-9780241388990","title":"Tristessa","description":"\u003cp\u003eA haunting portrayal of addiction and a troubled young woman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'She understands Karma, she says- \"What I do, I reap\"'\n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\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. \n\u003cbr\u003e \n\u003cbr\u003e'A 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' Allen Ginsberg\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Kerouac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43176789246195,"sku":"9780241388990","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780241388990.jpg?v=1662089435","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/tristessa-jack-kerouac-9780241388990","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}