Monumenta

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024</b><br><b>A <i>FINANCIAL TIMES </i>BEST NEW DEBUT</b><br><br><b>''This is a party I''m glad I was invited to'' </b>EILEEN MYLES<br><b>''Fizzing with ideas'' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><br>*<br><b><br>Isn''t every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author.</b><br><br><br>Olga Pavic''s house has been requisitioned.<br>The council will bulldoze it.<br>Her home will become a monument to a massacre.<br><br>But Olga cannot ascertain which massacre. Three different architects visit, each with a proposal to construct a different monument, to memorialise a different horror.<br><br>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 <i>Monumenta </i>compellingly and playfully explores remembrance and how tragedy can be the catalyst for remarkable transformation.<br><br>*<br><br><b>''Lara Haworth is an important new voice''</b> CLARE POLLARD<br><b>''A laser-sharp work of concentrated brilliance'' </b>WENDY ERSKINE<br><b>''Surreal, quirky, playful and serious''</b> PRISCILLA MORRIS<br><b>''A gem of genuine absurdism'' </b>HOLLY PESTER</p>