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Sonhos E Comboios (2002)

by Denis Johnson(Favorite Author)

3.9 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Relógio d'Água

review 1: As a small child he arrived on a train and later would not have a clear understanding of where he came from or what his background was. For a time, as an adult he would make a living from trains, clearing the trees so more tracks could be laid, a necessity as more and more people moved West. It is the early twentieth century and great changes are taking place in the United States. Yet for the most part the West was a raw and hard place for a man to make a life and raise a family.Told in a spare and stark manner but with some wonderful descriptions, this is the story of Robert Grandier, an ordinary man. A man with not much ambition, willing to settle for just enough to keep himself and his wife and baby daughter fed through the winter. A time when the woodlands were disapp... moreearing at a rapid rate and life was in everyway, man against nature.I liked his character, and liked this short yet anything but simple story. A time when survival was fought for and was very uncertain. When a man could only depend on himself and where superstitions ran rampant with often tragic results.
review 2: Like his Jesus' Son, Johnson again surprised me with a memorable experience. I was amazed at his zany characters and howled with laughter over many of their antics. Once started there was no stopping. I found myself thinking that I wish he had something like a 100 book series of characters and the crazy happenings just like this book and Jesus' Son. This Kindle book I read while also listening to the Will Patton narration. Maybe Patton made it that much better but I'll bee reading more of Denis Johnson less

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