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The Poppy Fields Paradox
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1 book
85 pages, colour
20.5 x 28.6 (hardcover)
Ages 15 and up
- Contact for Foreign Rights: Anna Laurine Kornum
- Reading sample: PDF in English
Description
A young woman, Nona, is released from a psychiatric facility. To ease her transition into society she is placed in a halfway house, the once mundane Poppy Fields Hotel.
But something is amiss, strange mechanisms are at work.
The Poppy Fields Paradox is due to be released late 2023.
Anna Laurine Kornum
Kornum (1978.) is an academic, painter, author, and illustrator. Born in Aarhus, Jutland, formally educated in biology and philosophy at the University of Copenhagen. Kornum’s work spans from scientific/ anatomical illustration to book covers. In 2016 her graphic short story ‘A Mind Bomb’ was featured in Heavy Metal Magazine. ‘My Mind’s Eye’ (2022) is her Danish debut novel. It was awarded Best Danish Horror publication and won the Danish comic award, the Ping Prize for Best Debut. Her second novel, The Poppy Fields Paradox came out in May 2024. She is currently working on her third novel.
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