Train Dreams

Johnson, Denis

ISBN 10: 0374281149 / ISBN 13: 9780374281144

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2011

About this Item

First edition thus w/complete number line, hardcover, signed by Johnson and dated 9/27/11 on the title page, the book has a slight skew to the binding, very light bumps to the spine ends, and some rubbing to the covers with a hint of wear to the edges and corners. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight and clean, Very Good+ copy in an unclipped, Near Fine dust jacket, which has mild wear to the spine ends, and is wrapped in Mylar. Additional images are available upon request. Seller Inventory # 202688

Bibliographic Details

Title: Train Dreams

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
One of The Economist's 2011 Books of the Year
One of NPR's 10 Best Novels of 2011

Denis Johnson's Train Dreams is an epic in miniature, one of his most evocative and poignant fictions.

Robert Grainer is 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.

Suffused with the history and landscapes of the American West-its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge builders-the new novella by the National Book Award-winning author of Tree of Smoke captures the disappearance of a distinctly American way of life.

About the Author:

Denis Johnson (1949-2017) is the author of eight novels, one novella, one book of short stories, three collections of poetry, two collections of plays, and one book of reportage. His novel Tree of Smoke won the 2007 National Book Award.