{"product_id":"9781837260768","title":"Monumenta","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Haworth, Lara \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 February 2025 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 144 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 199 x 11 | 108g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024A 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOlga Pavic's house has been requisitioned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe council will bulldoze it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer home will become a monument to a massacre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Olga cannot ascertain which massacre. Three different architects visit, each with a proposal to construct a different monument, to memorialise a different horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 Monumenta compellingly and playfully explores remembrance and how tragedy can be the catalyst for remarkable transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*'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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46480043409667,"sku":"9781837260768","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781837260768.jpg?v=1741603739","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781837260768","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}