Tristeza - A Novel of love unconquered by death

Tristeza is Richard Douglas Jensen's stirring and enchanting novel of life, death, redemption and reincarnation set in sultry Mexico in the 1930s.A college drop out wanders to sultry Mexico seeking adventure. While there he meets iconic real-life Mexican painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and the mysterious Tristeza, a smoldering beauty with limitless black hair and sparkling eyes who bewitches Will and sets him on a collision course with destiny.Unbeknownst to Will, a dark secret threatens Tristeza's very soul and a lustful and vicious hacendado wants Tristeza for his own sordid game.Can Will save Tristeza from the evil Salvador's lust? Can Will's love save Tristeza's soul from certain doom?Tristeza is Richard Douglas Jensen's most exotic and enchanting novel to date, capturing the romance, intrigue and sultry rhythms of exotic Mexico.Tristeza is " a profoundly engrossing tale exotic and mesmerizing "-booksaholics.com "The main character of this fine story is young Will Riley, a college educated cowboy, slumming down in Mexico in the 1930's. In Mexico he meets the famous Mexican painters Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and the beautiful, fascinating, mysterious Tristeza, who sweeps him off his feet.This novel is an interesting mix of old and new, a western set during the Depression, but with a two fisted cowboy hero who packs a six gun....The book has a touch of science fiction to it, too, and somewhat reminds me of the terrific novel,100 Years of Solitude...in that the reader is best off it just go with the flow, just get into the story and let it take you where it will.A romantic story, this one is about true love, about love at first sight, but it is far more than a romance...it is a wonderful piece of historical fiction, captures perfectly the flavor or the place and time, and wraps up the reader in a web of unusual action. If you like westerns and like to read something different, do check out Tristeza. Richard D. Jensen writes very well, and this is a marvelously good book. I highly recommend it! " -- novelist Tom Ogren

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