Monstrum

Longlisted for the 2025 Dylan Thomas Prize

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<p><strong>* From the winner of the BBC Young Writers' Award 2020 * </strong></p><p><strong>What does it mean to be different in a world that values perfection, at any cost?</strong></p><p><strong>'Lottie's writing is a superb flight of the imagination' A.S. Byatt, author of <em>Possession</em></strong></p><p><strong>'Haunting, luridly beautiful, and at times shockingly, deliciously gruesome' Jenn Ashworth, author of <em>Ghosted</em></strong></p><p><strong>A 'Best Book for May 2024' according to<em> Cosmopolitan</em></strong></p><p>From Lottie Mills, the winner of the BBC Young Writers' Award in 2020, comes this beautifully crafted collection of stories.</p><p>A father and daughter build a life for themselves on an isolated beach. But the outside world is pressing in. It's only a matter of time before their secret refuge is discovered.</p><p>A young disabled woman opts to receive a perfect, pain-free body. Soon, however, she finds herself haunted by the one she cast off.</p><p>A travelling circus master discovers the ideal addition to his cabinet of curiosities: 'damaged', 'grotesque', gifted. He plans to make her the star of his show; she plans to take her revenge.</p><p><em>Monstrum</em> captures the experience of characters excluded by a society that cannot accept their difference. Eerie, fantastical and hugely ambitious, this collection announces the arrival of an outstanding new literary voice.</p><p><strong>'Lottie's stories reminded me of what matters' Claire Oshetsky</strong></p><p><strong>'Magical and haunting' Jan Carson </strong></p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780861549337

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

196 x 128 x 27 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Oneworld Publications