Extinctions
Miles Franklin Literary Award · 2017 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Literary Award | 2017 | Winner |
About This Book
A novel about two elderly neighbours in Perth — an Aboriginal Australian man and a Jewish refugee — who are thrown together by circumstances and forced to confront their pasts.
About the Author
Josephine Wilson is an Australian author who won the Miles Franklin Award in 2017 for her debut novel Extinctions. The novel is a darkly comic work about two elderly neighbours in a Perth retirement estate — Tom, a South African Jewish refugee, and his Aboriginal Australian neighbour — who are thrown together by circumstances and compelled to confront their own racist assumptions and personal histories. Wilson spent many years as an academic before publishing Extinctions, which was her debut novel. Read more →
