Category
page 1Novels by Jack Kerouac
On the Road
1957 novel by Jack Kerouac
The Dharma Bums
novel by Jack Kerouac
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
novel by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac
Big Sur
1962 novel by Jack Kerouac
Lonesome Traveler
novel by Jack Kerouac
The Town and the City
novel by Jack Kerouac
The Subterraneans
novel by Jack Kerouac
Desolation Angels
novel by Jack Kerouac
Tristessa
Tristessa is a 1960 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 (a spelling he made up from tristeza which means "sadness" in Spanish).
Maggie Cassidy
novel by Jack Kerouac
Doctor Sax
novel by Jack Kerouac
Satori in Paris
novel by Jack Kerouac
Visions of Gerard
novel by Jack Kerouac
Visions of Cody
novel by Jack Kerouac
Vanity of Duluoz
1968 novel by Jack Kerouac