Urhistorien #[nn]

Peter Madsen brings the primordial story of Eden to life in this Danish graphic work from Bibelselskabets Forlag, his painted cover depicting two figures — a woman reaching toward a cluster of red fruit in an apple tree while a dark serpent coils among its branches, and a man seated nearby amid lush, verdant foliage beside a tranquil body of water. The rich, painterly detail Madsen brings to both the garden's abundant greenery and the charged moment between the figures and the snake makes this a visually absorbing entry point into one of humanity's oldest narratives.