Black Rock White City

Winner of the 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award

A powerful debut novel about two refugees starting over after losing everything

Jovan and Suzana have fled war-torn Sarajevo. They have lost their children, their standing as public intellectuals, and their connection to each other. Now working as cleaners in a suburb of Melbourne, they struggle to rebuild their lives under the painful hardships of immigrant life.

During a hot Melbourne summer Jovan's janitorial work at…