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I subscribed just so I could reply to this. "After the Flood" is not just my favourite post-apocalyptic novel, it's one of my favourite books of any genre. It's hard pin down why, but I love how the descriptions are so vibrant and detailed even though the world itself is so bleak and miserable. I haven't seen many books with as evocative storytelling. Admittedly the setting is not what you'd call a scientifically accurate post-nuke world, but the other merits more than make up for that.

I can add a strong recommendation behind this book. Great to see someone else has read it too, it's obscure even in Northern Europe and seems to be totally unknown elsewhere.

Also interesting to hear about the author's background. I have read some other books by Jersild and I always wondered what inspired him to write something so different from his other works.

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