A short story: Long day's journey

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Book Cover Design Brief
A story about a man travelling for days without any real purpose other than appearances. Seems warm and cosy but with a sad ending when the reader finally understands the purpose of the journey.
Keywords: loneliness, appearances, secrets, shame
He's travelling by bus, train and flight
Copenhagen, Berlin, Rome, Milan
This cover should be used for the e-book (and maybe for the printed version with a minor adjustment)
Target Market(s)
men (maybe 45-55 years old) who like to read fiction and not only science fiction or action, and women (+35).
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Requirements
Must have
- Filip Muus (Authors name, smaller letters)
- Lang dags rejse mod jul (Title in Danish)
- As I'm not 100% sure whether to add the words "mod Jul" or not (and maybe in the bottom the text: Noveller) it should be possible to add these without ruining the design.
- Maybe:
- Lang dags rejse
- mod jul (underneath with smaller words)
Nice to have
- I imagine a cover in light grey with itineraries, flight and train tickets in the background and a black silhouette of a man carrying a suitcase (and a bag full of gifts) in the front