{"product_id":"9781837260768-monumenta","title":"Monumenta","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning writer's literary debut novel on familial love and loss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55301396627830,"sku":"9781837260768","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36366040_e3624167-2744-478c-a6bc-83107e6f9843.jpg?v=1759441623","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781837260768-monumenta","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}