{"product_id":"monumenta","title":"Monumenta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF AUTHORS McKITTERICK PRIZE 2025\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST NEW DEBUT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'This is a party I'm glad I was invited to'\u003c\/b\u003e EILEEN 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\u003e Isn't every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOlga Pavic's house has been requisitioned.\u003cbr\u003e The council will bulldoze it.\u003cbr\u003e Her home will become a monument to a massacre.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But 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\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eMonumenta\u003c\/i\u003e compellingly 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\u003e WENDY 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\u003e HOLLY PESTER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781805301967\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917357629617,"sku":"SB-1805301969-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1805301969_7588a1c0-d01d-4574-9587-84c87ebd5ae2.jpg?v=1790305384","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/monumenta","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}