Europe After the Rain

First edition.128pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Publisher’s original maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Reproduction of Max Ernst’s painting “Europe After the Rain” to double-spread title page. Spine ends a little faded. Sporadic foxing throughout. In good only dust jacket: age-toned and slightly stained, with tears, creases and minor loss. *** Alan Burns’ first stand-alone publication. A dark and experimental exploration of a war-torn world that sits somewhere between J.G. Ballard’s dystopian fantasies and the more experimental work of Anna Kavan. A nightmarish journey through an unnamed country full a violence and disaster with a mysterious girl lurking in the shadows. Inspired by Max Ernst’s painting that gave the book its title, which is reproduced on the jacket and on the title page.