Monument Maker
30 In Stock
9781474617093
Is it possible for books to dream? For books to dream within books? Is there a literary subterranea that would facilitate ingress and exit points through these dreams? These are some of the questions posed by David Keenan's masterly fifth novel, Monument Maker, an epic romance of eternal summer and a descent, into history, into the horrors of the past; a novel with a sweep and range that runs from the siege of Khartoum and the conquest of Africa in the 19th century through the Second World War and up to the present day, where the memory of a single summer, and a love affair that took place across the cathedrals of Ile de France, unravels, as a secret initiatory cult is uncovered that has its roots in macabre experiments in cryptozoology in pre-war Europe. MONUMENT MAKER straddles genres while fully embracing none of them, a book within a book within a book that runs from hallucinatory historical epics through future-visioned histories of the world narrated by a horribly disfigured British soldier made prophetic by depths of suffering; books that interact with Keenan's earlier novels, including a return to the mythical post-punk Airdrie landscape of his now classic debut, THIS IS MEMORIAL DEVICE; whole histories of art and religion; books that are glorious choral appendices; bibliographies; imagined films; tape recorded interviews; building to a jubilant accumulation of registers, voices and rhythms that is truly Choral. Written over the course of 10 years, MONUMENT MAKER represents the apex of Keenan's project to create books that contain uncanny life and feel like living organisms.
It is a meditation on art and religion, and on what it means to make monument; this great longing for something eternal, something that could fix moments in time, forever.
Books and gifts - £3.50 post and packing per order, UK addresses.
-£20.00 post and packing per order, Overseas addresses.
Art and craft - post and packing individually priced.
Orders will be shipped by second class postage. Please allow 3 - 5 days for your order to be processed.
CLICK AND COLLECT - we aim to have your order ready for collection within 3 working days, but will email you to let you know when it is available to save you having a wasted journey.
Collection from:
Wigtown Festival Company
11 North Main Street
Wigtown
DG8 9HN
Related Products
From this Collection
-
Scotland: The Global History: 1603 to the PresentAn engaging and aut...An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland's influence in the world and the world's on Scotland, from the Thirty Years War to the present day  Scotland is one o... -
Walking Back Home'For all these years I've told stories. Sometimes these days I also tell them on the radio. I've met some amazing people and their stories need tol... -
Blood in the Machine : The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big TechThe most urgent sto...The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than star... -
Long Road to Iona & Other StoriesA grandmother runs ...A grandmother runs away from home and finds freedom, an actress dons a frothy hat, a poet searches for Bohemia. There are some clergymen, some nuns, and more than a few ... -
A Musical OfferingA lyrical celebration of storytelling, of ch...
A lyrical celebration of storytelling, of childhood, and of the transformative power of music. Tracing a circular course that echoes Bach’s Goldberg Variations , Luis Sagasti’s second book to ap...
-
WheenWheen
Wheen is a collection of more than a hundred poems, arranged in sets, and full of the vibrant Ayrshire Scots of Stua...
In the Footsteps of Du FuA beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicli...A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of China’s greatest poets.
The Golden MeanAfter the success o...After the success of Grain (shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize, poetry's most prestigious international award) John Glenday returns with The Golden Mean. Glenday's...
Love The SinnerLove The Sinner is ...Love The Sinner is the second collection from poet and theatre-maker, Imogen Stirling. Sirens, shutters, smashed glass and traffic hums itchy feet twitching thumbs the ...
Tonguit'Listen, hit's semple: in Orkney I'm English; i...'Listen, hit's semple: in Orkney I'm English; in England I'm Scottish; in Scotland, Orcadian -' This expansive collection by one of Scotland's outstanding performers is a moving exploration of iden...
This Room is Waiting: Poems from Iraq and ScotlandUK poets Jen Hadfie...UK poets Jen Hadfield, winner of the TS Eliot Prize, Billy Letford, Krystelle Bamford and John Glenday collaborate with four contemporary Iraqi poets, including acclaime...
AyeOne of Scotland’s b...One of Scotland’s best-known poets of the last 30 years, Stuart lives by the Solway coast in Galloway. Originally from Ayrshire, he has received many national awards for...
Professor Heger's DaughterThe latest collecti...The latest collection from Chrissie Gittins. The spur for the title poem was the torn and stitched letters from Charlotte Brontë to Professor Heger which are lodged betw...
Ancient AnchorsThis is the story o...This is the story of the relationship between the Earth and her inhabitants, from the Big Bang to modern day. In the style of haibun, a sequence of prose and haiku, the ...
An Seachdamh TonnSandy NicDhòmhnaill...Sandy NicDhòmhnaill Jones is one of the most exciting poets writing in Scottish Gaelic today. She is also a singer, a songwriter and a harpist, whose live performances o...
Who Were the Martyrs of Wigtown?In Wigtown, South West Scotland, there...
In Wigtown, South West Scotland, there is a stake out at sea to commemorate the drownings of two women in 1685. Who were these women and why were they drowned? Lindsay Banks weaves the sto...
Black CartAlmost eighteen yea...Almost eighteen years in the making, this collection is a love poem to a rural community in Scotland. The freshness of its language brings the daily grind, its joys and ...
More Fiya: A New Collection of Black British PoetryIn this blistering anthology, poet, editor and ...In this blistering anthology, poet, editor and DJ Kayo Chingonyi brings together a selection of exceptional Black British poets. This is his dream mixtape featuring a cross-generational span of cur...
Let the Light Pour InFor the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a...For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled ...
Alexander Murray: Galloway's Self-Taught GeniusJack Hunter attempts to allocate Alexander M...
Jack Hunter attempts to allocate Alexander Murray his rightful place in the pantheon of Scottish geniuses by making clear the formidable difficulties he had to surmount in his brief career and t...
We Play HereFour female friends...Four female friends navigate the political turbulence of North Belfast in the late 80s in this extraordinary, evocative verse novel, We Play Here is a collection of four...
Tomorrow's FeastI'm relieved to find such things are there, in ...I'm relieved to find such things are there, in spite of hunger and carnageunder the same moon, and my place in their terrible chain; glad that my mother's hands, after long years of sustaining us a...
NeverthelessAugust 1937: Ninete...August 1937: Nineteen-year-old Muriel Spark is making her way from Edinburgh to Southern Rhodesia in search of a new life with her husband-to-be. What she discovers is a...
Floating the WoodsThe collection includes alphabet, calendar, lis...The collection includes alphabet, calendar, list and found poems, as well as a sequence conceived as a 'variable construction', with one of many possible versions presented here. Many of the poems ...
UnashamedFollowing on from The Sunshine Kid (2014), Unas...Following on from The Sunshine Kid (2014), Unashamed follows the journey of World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker from graduating with a maths degree being unsure if this poetry thing was even pos...
A Map for the Blind: Poems chiefly in the Scots languageWritten mostly in Scots, Rab Wilson's A Map ...
Written mostly in Scots, Rab Wilson's A Map for the Blind deals with topics ranging from satirical social commentary to sublime shots of everyday life with his characteristic wit and insight. Fr...
An Dà Anam In Two MindsAn Dà Anam / In Two...An Dà Anam / In Two Minds is a metaphysical dialogue in verse between the Irish poet Diarmuid Johnson and the Scottish poet Maoilios Caimbeul. Johnson writes in Irish Ga...
Chuckies fir the Cairn: Poems in Scots and Gaelic by Contemporary Dumfries and Galloway PoetsScotland has built ...Scotland has built great literature out of its richly textured language. Like the stones bound together in a wall, the poets linkied here by location and shared language...
Beyond the Swelkie: A Collection of New Poems & Essays to Mark the Centenary of George Mackay BrownBeyond the Swelkie ...Beyond the Swelkie is a collection of poetry and prose in English, Scots and Gaelic celebrating the centenary of George Mackay Brown. Its contributors are based in Orkne...
Looking SouthIn Looking South we...In Looking South we visit places and meet characters a long way off any tourist map. From secret coastline to cleared moorland, blacksmith to Oscar winner, Looking South...
Beval"Bevel" is William ..."Bevel" is William Letford's first book, but his poems have already earned him a large following thanks to his brilliant performances and through Carcanet's "New Poetrie...
DirtThere are all types...There are all types of bodies. If you're lucky you'll find someone whose skin is a canvas for the story of your life. Write well. Take care of the heartbeat behind it. B...
Burnsiana: Poems and Artworks Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Robert BurnsThis unique reflect...This unique reflection on the world of Robert Burns places a range of photographic artworks by celebrated Scottish artist Calum Colvin alongside poems written in respons...
HypocrispyL...Lost in the bliss of foreign travel, Imogen joyfully succumbs to the spoils of Western privilege. Returning to Scotland, a harsh society confronts her....
Plague ClothesOriginally written ...Originally written as a series of Facebook status updates during the recovery from Covid-19, Robert Alan Jamieson's Plague Clothes is an immediate and intimate account o...
All That is LeftA collection of poems written by Chris Brook...
A collection of poems written by Chris Brooker.
This Is My Body, Given For YouA girl suffering a ...A girl suffering a bizarre menstrual aberration is exploited by those around her, including her father. A boy expresses his love for a nonhuman man by making himself ani...
Searching for ScienceMindful mending in a scientized world: With everything digitized also being scientized, the defining is a living quest. Indeed science is an alp...
Tales of Fenris WolfTales from Norse mythology of Loki's second chi...Tales from Norse mythology of Loki's second child—Fenris the Wolf— viewed through a twentieth century lens by Mark Vernon Thomas with illustrations by Helen Moss.
Dangerous Pursuit of YellowOchre, Saffron, Gam...Ochre, Saffron, Gamboge, Indian Yellow, Orpiment, Cadmium. Yellow is the colour of summer and the colour of money. Its the colour of New York taxis, TNT, sunflowers, cow...
Muscle work, Alcohol and BlameA collection of poetry and artwork by author De...A collection of poetry and artwork by author Des Dillon, which includes poems about family, death, philosophy, nature, love and politics.
The Diary of Archie the AlpacaIf you haven't yet ...If you haven't yet met Archie the Alpaca now's your chance. Prolific writer, social observer, grassiccino drinker, occasional dancer and loyal friend, Archie sees the wo...
WestA new collection of...A new collection of poems inspired by the landscapes of Scotland and beyond, and dedicated to Kenneth’s late sister, peace activist Helen Steven: ‘She was Scotland to me...Recently Viewed Products
