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Pirami Railroad is a best-selling 1971 novel by the Riyudic author Toqu Maratu, and his most popular book. The narrator and main character is a boy named Qano, a 17-year-old orphan who lives off pickpocketing the rich passengers aboard trains running between Toriye and nearby towns and cities. Set in the spring of 1879, the book is about Qano's blossoming but ultimately transient relationship with Maro Sypavě, the 19-year-old half-Riyudic, half-Ta'arohan son of a powerful businessman, whom he meets in the winter resort town of Tiliye. The majority of the book takes place onboard a long-distance passenger train destined for Pirami.

The book deals with complex issues such as class division, nationalism, race, belonging, and loss. After its publication by Southeast House in June 1971, Pirami Railroad received generally favorable reviews, but it was not an immediate commercial success. However, the novel experienced a surge of popularity in the 1980s and 1990s, and became one of the best-selling books in Riyudic history. It is widely translated and was included in the Grana Times' 2018 list of the 100 best novels of all time. It received a live-action film adaptation in 2013.

Adaptations
A film adaptation was released on June 19th, 2013, in 16 countries, receiving universal acclaim. At the 2013 !Academy Awards, it was nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Original Score, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It won Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Adapted Screenplay.