COSMOS, translated by Hunter Simpson

121pp., paperback, First English Language Edition, Daunt Books, London, 2026

ISBN: 9781917092647

First published in 2024 in Danish by Gads Forlag.

Everything changes for Cosmos, a Ghanaian migrant living on the streets in Copenhagen and making a living collecting bottles, when he meets and falls in love with Elizabeth, a photographer.

"A luminous, heart-expanding, heartbreaking book: the best I’ve ever read on the deeply human need to be of use to the people you love.’ Anna Metcalfe, author of Chrysalis

"A beautifully sad love story that exposes the gulf between what we say publicly and what remains unsaid." AKADI magazine

Lucia Odoom works as a music critic and culture writer for Denmark’s largest newspaper, Politiken, and hosts a weekly podcast on pop culture. In 2020, she received the Edvard Prize and was named Radio Personality of the Year for leading the fight against racism in Denmark. Her grandfather emigrated from Ghana to Denmark in the 1960s. Cosmos is her debut novel.