Children of the Cave by Virve Sammalkorpi (2016) is a fictional account of an expedition of discovery in 1819 in Russia. With permission, the novel is based upon the photography series (1991-1994) of Finnish artist Pekka Nikrus as part of his art thesis about a fictional expedition. Let’s be clear – this novel is a fictional account of fictional scientists based on fictional subjects in photographs. Pekka Nikrus (born in 1968) created photographs and a short fictional synopsis ( The Children of the Shadows ) about two Finnish adventurers finding a cave in Russia where children lived – the first expedition occurred from 1819 to 1825 and the second exhibition to the region was in the 1860s. The photographs show children with animalistic appearances. Pekka says the photographs and account of the expedition were destroyed. Finnish author Virve Sammalkorpi (born in 1969) begins with Pekka’s synopsis and formulates her own children’s story – the backstory if you will – of the sto
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