Published in 2024
145 pages
Lara Haworth is a writer, visual artist and filmmaker. Monumenta, is her debut novel. She is a recipient of a Bridport Prize 2022 for her story, Monumenta, adapted from her novel of the same name. Her films have been selected for festivals including Japan International, Belgrade Film, New York Tri-State and Munich New Wave. She received the LGBT award for best film at Athens Monthly Film Festival. Her visual work has shown internationally at venues in Japan, Canada, Switzerland and Germany. She lives in London, UK.
What is this book about?
Isn’t every family home a monument? The provocative debut novel from the award-winning author.
Olga Pavic’s house has been requisitioned.
The council will bulldoze it.
Her home will become a monument to a massacre.
But Olga cannot ascertain which massacre. Three different architects visit, each with a proposal to construct a different monument, to memorialise a different horror.
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 Monumenta compellingly and playfully explores remembrance and how tragedy can be the catalyst for remarkable transformation.
