Description
His austere sentences glow with intelligence, colour and force, and evoke a powerful image for the modern reader of fears every bit as relevant today as on the day when they were written.
About the Author
A trained lawyer, Alan Burns (1929-2013) became a celebrated novelist and playwright, loosely associated with the 1960s British experimental circle of writers led by B.S. Johnson. He is best known for Europe after the Rain (1965), Celebrations (1967), Babel (1969) and Dreamerika! (1972).
Reviews
A writer of real originality and horrifying imaginative power, a writer to be watched, a writer to be read... the whole effect being bare, clipped, stripped, staccato, superbly abrupt. I got the impression of a colossal book, another War and Peace, boiled down and boiled down until only the bones, the essence, the heart remain... This is a nerve-wracking book, ghoulishly successful in touching the reader where it hurts. * The Scotsman *
Everyone interested in literary experiment should read Europe after the Rain. It is unique. * Financial Times *
His experiment works, and out of his brazen chaos emerges a still small human voice. * Irish Times *
Alan Burns's novels deserve the attention of serious readers. -- David W. Madden
I always liked Europe after the Rain... because of its originality and the way the author successfully shifts the reality of his narrative in the way a dream does, from page to page. -- John Calder, in Pursuit
One of the two or three most interesting new novelists working in England. -- Angus Wilson
Book Information
ISBN 9780714549163
Author Alan Burns
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Alma Books Ltd
Publisher Alma Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 148g