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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. [5]
Train Dreams: Directed by Clint Bentley. With Joel Edgerton, Kerry Condon, Felicity Jones, William H. Macy. Robert Grainer, an average man living in extraordinary times, worked as a day laborer in the American West at the beginning of the 20th century.
1 de ene. de 2002 · Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams, a novella shortlisted as a ‘Best Book of 2011’ by almost everyone from the New York Times to Esquire, and also considered for the Pulitzer, is a haunting little book that blossoms from the vine of American history.
3 de ene. de 1990 · With Jason St. Amour, Marcella Santa Maria, Christopher Neil, Fred Ward. At 16, Tony is an English-speaking high-school drop-out in Montreal. In trouble with the law and at odds with his struggling single parent mother, Tony is sent to Juvie where he realizes that he's neither as tough or as disadvantaged as he thought.
22 de may. de 2012 · 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. From the National Book Award-winning author Denis Johnson (Tree of Smoke) comes Train Dreams, an epic in miniature, and one of Johnson's most evocative works of fiction.
7 de feb. de 2024 · Joel Edgerton (The Gift) and Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) are set to star in Train Dreams, the newest feature from Jockey director Clint Bentley, which will be introduced to ...
16 de sept. de 2011 · The kids need to be fed; the dog needs to be walked; 50 other stories intrude on your life. “Train Dreams,” though, presents an opportunity for a more unified experience. One airplane flight ...
