A fierce and blazing debut short story collection from Monika Radojevic, winner of the 2019 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize 'Tender, humorous and moving' COSMOPOLITAN 'Visceral, wild, and so beautifully necessary.' SALMA EL-WARDANY, author of THESE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS 'Radojevic's stories and fragments are so sharp-edged they could draw blood. Fierce, funny and angry.' CATHERINE MAYER, author TIME/LIFE *** Across thirty striking tales, Monika Radojevic weaves together the surreal with the everyday, confronting the experiences of contemporary womanhood with a tender ferocity shot through with humour. A woman walks into a bar, and nobody notices. A newly married couple are punished for their childlessness with an unsettling nocturnal invasion. A girl trades her vocal cords for a chance at freedom. A door-to-door salesperson offers the antidote to women's fear - but it comes at a high price. Bubbling with an urgent rage that occasionally tips over into vengeance, Radojevic deftly charts the moments that make a life- from the warmth of first love to the recognition of anger, and the possibilities that take shape as we find or lose our ability to speak. A Beautiful Lack of Consequence explores the ways in which the world bends and breaks women with the pressure it puts on them - and what happens when those women snap back. Moving and irreverent, dark and otherworldly, A Beautiful Lack of Consequence is a blazing debut collection from the winner of the #Merky Books New Writers' Prize. *** 'Thoughtful, introspective and darkly funny' READER REVIEW 'So beautiful and raw' READER REVIEW 'Biting . . . a must read!' READER REVIEW

Details

ISBN13: 9781529918717
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 288
Edition:
Publication Date: 24 Jun 2025
Publisher: Cornerstone
Publication City, Country: United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 22.3(H)x14.3(L)x2.7(W)394
Weight (gm): 394

Author Biography

Monika Radojevic is a Brazilian-Montenegrin writer and poet who was born and raised in London. She spent years working in the feminist political and sector, and her writing is a continuous exploration of power dynamics, inequality and freedom. Monika is the inaugural winner of the #Merky Books New Writers' prize, and writes to make sense of life. Her first poetry collection, Teeth in the Back of My Neck, was published in 2021. A Beautiful Lack of Consequence is her debut collection of short stories.

Reviews

Visceral, wild, and so beautifully necessary. -- Salma El-Wardany, author of These Impossible Things
Radojevic’s stories and fragments are so sharp-edged they could draw blood. Fierce, funny and angry. -- Catherine Mayer, author of Time/Life
Tender, humorous and moving * Cosmopolitan *
Fuelled by rage, these fiery, staunchly women-centred stories are frighteningly real, but given a surreal slant that makes them all the more memorable * Daily Mail *
Radojevic’s writing is lyrical and imaginative, and is often written in the second person, pulling the reader into the stories, which – in some of the heavier-themed pieces – makes for breathless reading . . . Read it and be angry * Mslexia *
Praise for Monika Radjoevic * - *
Courageous, arresting * Independent *
Powerful * Stylist *
Radojevic's interrogation of the status quo . . . is not just interesting, it is agitating. * Bad Form *
Radojevic writes with an uncompromising fierceness, provocation and dedication to the physical body which acts as her most authentic, intuitive medium of expression. She offers with this collection a vital contribution to literature at a time when women's voices urgently need to be heard. * HUCK *