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Train Dreams

Denis Johnson

This is the story of Robert Grainier, a day laborer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century -- an ordinary man in extraordinary times. Buffeted by the loss of his family, Grainer struggles to make sense of this strange new world. As his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform America in his lifetime.

GenresRailroad construction workersUnited StatesFictionWest (U.S.)20th century

116 pages, 8 editions

English edition · First published 2011 by Picador · ISBN 9780330449229

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Editions

8 editions

English

  • Train Dreams · Picador · 2012 · ISBN 9780330449229 This page
  • Train Dreams: FSG 80th Anniversary Special Edition · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2026 · ISBN 9780374622374
  • Train Dreams · Granta · 2012 · ISBN 9781847086617
  • Train Dreams · Macmillan Trade · 2011 · ISBN 9781429995207
  • Train Dreams · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2011 · ISBN 9780374281144

German

  • Train Dreams · Rowohlt E-Book · 2019 · ISBN 9783644400177
  • Train Dreams: Novelle · Marebuchverlag · 2004 · ISBN 9783936384154

Italian

  • Train Dreams · Mondadori · 2013 · ISBN 9788804624516

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