{"product_id":"monumenta-9781837260768","title":"Monumenta","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST NEW DEBUT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This is a party I''m glad I was invited to'' \u003c\/b\u003eEILEEN MYLES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Fizzing with ideas'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsn''t every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlga Pavic''s house has been requisitioned.\u003cbr\u003eThe council will bulldoze it.\u003cbr\u003eHer home will become a monument to a massacre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Olga cannot ascertain which massacre. Three different architects visit, each with a proposal to construct a different monument, to memorialise a different horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin an atmosphere of razor-sharp political surreality, Lara Haworth spins a tender, magical story of familial love and loss. Via a panoply of perspectives \u003ci\u003eMonumenta \u003c\/i\u003ecompellingly and playfully explores remembrance and how tragedy can be the catalyst for remarkable transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Lara Haworth is an important new voice''\u003c\/b\u003e CLARE POLLARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A laser-sharp work of concentrated brilliance'' \u003c\/b\u003eWENDY ERSKINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Surreal, quirky, playful and serious''\u003c\/b\u003e PRISCILLA MORRIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A gem of genuine absurdism'' \u003c\/b\u003eHOLLY PESTER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50578517459287,"sku":"9781837260768","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781837260768.jpg?v=1746099669","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/monumenta-9781837260768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}