TristessaA haunting portrayal of addiction and a troubled young woman 'She understands Karma, she says \"What I do, I reap\"' Her 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