- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2012 · Finalist
Train Dreams
Train Dreams
Denis Johnson (born 1949)
English editions
Written in EnglishTrain Dreams
Picador · United States · 22 May 2012 · Paperback · 116 pages
Train Dreams
Farrar, Straus and Giroux · United States · September 2011
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Robert Grainier, a humble and unsure labourer in the American West of the early twentieth century, works on the railroad lines and bridges that are tying the country together and changing his drifting way of life. He lives in tent towns and spends summers in the wilds of Idaho, marries, and is then haunted by a fire at home that leaves no trace of his wife and child. As the decades pass and his chances narrow, he has strange encounters and stranger dreams, glimpses the early wonder of flight, and watches the wilderness around him being tamed.
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About the book
- Form
- Novella
- Genres
- Historical, Nature (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- United States, early 20th century
- First published
- 2011
- Author's age
- 62 when first published
- ISBN
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9780374281144 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, United States)
9781250007650 (Picador, United States)
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