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clocking in at only 98 pages, this is proof that good things come in small packages. kerouac is widely known for his work with spontaneous prose, and this is a tour de force of the genre. if the myth about on the road is to be believed, then tristessa could easily have been turned out in fifteen good minutes of writing. as you read it is clear that kerouac is exercising his writing muscles, and it is a wonder to behold.
tristessa is a meditation on some of the junkies kerouac met while living in mexico city and returning to visit after a year. we meet tristessa, cruz, and a number of their fellow addicts including old bull gains. their persons, descriptions, thoughts and actions serve as the best deterrent for the use of morphine and its derivatives. believe me, i'm going to just say no.
first level your own mind, and then the earth will be level, even unto mount sumeru.
2 comments:
I love Tristessa, too (see http://thedailybeatblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/jack-kerouacs-tristessa-review-of-sorts.html).
Also, it is indeed a myth that Jack wrote On The Road in one long session (see http://thedailybeatblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/warning-kerouac-myth-1-spoiled.html).
Look into the eye of the choked chicken.
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