Train Dreams
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| Author | Denis Johnson |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Will Patton |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Set in | Idaho and Washington |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | August 30, 2011 |
| Publication place | New York |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 116 |
| Awards | O. Henry Award (2003) Aga Khan Prize for Fiction (2002) |
| ISBN | 978-0-374-28114-4 |
| OCLC | 705350825 |
| 813/.54 | |
| LC Class | PS3560.O3745 T73 2011 |
Train Dreams is a novella by Denis Johnson. It was published on August 30, 2011, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. It was originally published, in slightly different form, in the Summer 2002 issue of The Paris Review.
The novella details the life of Robert Grainier, an American railroad laborer, who lives a life of hermitage until he marries and has a daughter, only to lose both wife and child in a forest fire, and sink into isolation again.
The novella won an O. Henry Award in 2003. It also won the 2002 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction. It was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but no award was given that year. A film adaptation of the same name will be released on Netflix in 2025.