Monumenta

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST NEW DEBUT Olga Pavic's house has been requisitioned.The council will bulldoze it.Her home will become a monument to a massacre.But Olga can't allow the council to unearth the secrets held in this space, not until she reunites with her children, who reluctantly agree to fly back to Belgrade for a final dinner. 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.