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Monumenta
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- Book Synopsis
- SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS McKITTERICK PRIZE 2025 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST NEW DEBUT 'This is a party I'm glad I was invited to' EILEEN MYLES 'Fizzing with ideas' OBSERVER * Isn't every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author. Olga Pavic's house has been requisitioned. The council will bulldoze it. Her home will become a monument to a massacre. But Olga cannot ascertain which massacre. Three different architects visit, each with a proposal to construct a different monument, to memorialise a different horror. Within an atmosphere of razor-sharp political surreality, Lara Haworth spins a tender, magical story of familial love and loss. Via a panoply of perspectives Monumenta compellingly and playfully explores remembrance and how tragedy can be the catalyst for remarkable transformation. * 'Lara Haworth is an important new voice' CLARE POLLARD 'A laser-sharp work of concentrated brilliance' WENDY ERSKINE 'Surreal, quirky, playful and serious' PRISCILLA MORRIS 'A gem of genuine absurdism' HOLLY PESTER
- About The Author
- Lara Haworth was born in Bruxelles and raised in South London. A recipient of a Bridport Prize and a Café Writers Award in 2022, her poetry and short fiction have appeared in Extra Extra, Field, ACME and Feels. Her first film, All the People I Hurt with My Wedding, won best LGBT film at the Athens International Film Festival and her second, Grief is a Hungry Ghost, has premiered at festivals including Japan International, New York Tri-State and Munich New Wave. Her debut novel, Monumenta, was published by Canongate in July 2024 and shortlisted for a Nero Prize.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781837260768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Canongate, (27 February 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 144
- Weight
- 107 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 204 x 135 x 9 mm
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