Tristessa by Jack Kerouac Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Tristessa
Book Review: brilliant
Summary: 5 Stars
Possibly Kerouac's shortest work, probably one of his greatest. In Tristessa, Kerouac dives deep into the meaning of things, the meaning of life and why we are all born to suffer. Written about his stay in the slums of mexico city, it strikes a very sad note as he spends all his time with very loveable morphine addicts.Book Review: jack makes the reader love like him.
Summary: 5 Stars
i have read (and re-read) a great deal of jack's books and i find tristessa to be the best. the way jack describes the women he adores, is so powerful, yet so subtle, that it is easy to fall for her also. i recommend this book to anyone who faces a relationship where they feel thier partner is out of contol. tristessa also shows the lost, true lonely desperation jack began to face, with his friends scattered around the globe and jack having no way (and no) home (to go to)Book Review: jack makes the reader love like him.
Summary: 5 Stars
i have read (and re-read) a great deal of jack's books and i find tristessa to be the best. the way jack describes the women he adores, is so powerful, yet so subtle, that it is easy to fall for her also. i recommend this book to anyone who faces a relationship where they feel thier partner is out of contol. tristessa also shows the lost, true lonely desperation jack began to face, with his friends scattered around the globe and jack having no way (and no) home (to go to)Book Review: painfully orgasmic
Summary: 5 Stars
sad alleys, soiled lives, irrepressible passion diluted with the bottle, with morphine, and all that that makes art of despondency. none of the careless macho ego we usually see with kerouac. like a dream in paperback.Book Review: sweet sharp lyrical diamond-mind
Summary: 5 Stars
K + Burroughs and Tristessa in '53 MexCity Blue-ness, beat as can be, rainy junkie streets with cats and chickens and Jack making little prayeritos, Tristessa and pals go moan alone, roll their bones. Incredibly touching and brilliant. I have read it at least 5 times. PS: Aram Saroyan has NOTHING to do with this book.