Lote
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction | 2020 | Winner |
About This Book
Shola von Reinhold's debut novel follows Mathilda, a young Black woman obsessed with forgotten figures from Black European modernism, who becomes entangled in an artists' residency and the mystery of a lost poet, Hermia Druitt. Part campus satire, part queer aesthetic manifesto, part Gothic thriller, the novel is a virtuosic excavation of the whiteness of Modernism. It won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction in 2020 and the Republic of Consciousness Prize.
About the Author
Shola von Reinhold is a Scottish writer of Black-German heritage. They studied at Glasgow School of Art. Lote (2020), their debut novel, follows Mathilda, a young Black woman obsessed with forgotten figures from Black European modernism, who becomes entangled in an artists' residency and the mystery of a lost poet, Hermia Druitt. Read more →
