{"product_id":"train-dreams","title":"Train Dreams","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eA National Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eA Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A tender, lonesome, and riveting story, an American epic writ small . . . A small masterpiece . . . Johnson is as skilled as ever at balancing menace against ecstasy, civilization against wilderness. . . . It might be the most powerful thing Johnson has ever written.\" —Anthony Doerr, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDenis Johnson's \u003ci\u003eTrain Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is an epic in miniature, one of his most evocative and poignant fictions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuffused with the history and landscapes of the American West—its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge builders—this novella by the National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eTree of Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e captures the disappearance of a distinctly American way of life.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48323989799069,"sku":null,"price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/8783\/5037\/files\/traindreams.jpg?v=1779581602","url":"https:\/\/postcardbookshop.com\/products\/train-dreams","provider":"Postcard Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}