The Hilltop (novel)

The Hilltop (Hebrew: הגבעה, Ha-Giv'ah) is a 2013 Israeli novel by Assaf Gavron. The novel was "an Israeli best-seller and prize-winner."[1]

First edition, original title הגבעה
(publ. ספרי עליית הגג ספרי עלית הגג)

The Hilltop is set in an Israeli Jewish settlement in the West Bank. It was published in Israel in 2013 and in late 2014 in an English translation by Steven Cohen.[1]

Adam Kirsch calls it "a great Israeli novel", praising Gavron for his contemporary voice.[1] In The Wall Street Journal, Sam Sacks described The Hilltop as, describing "superbly orchestrated chaos" making it, "an indispensable novel of... the 'Wild West Bank.'"[2]

Awards and accolades

The Hilltop won the Israeli Bernstein Prize[3] (2013) and was long listed for the Sapir Prize (2014).

References

Kirsch, Adam (29 October 2014). "The Great Israeli Novel Smiles at the Settlers With his newly translated novel 'The Hilltop,' Assaf Gavron stakes his claim to be Israel's Jonathan Franzen". Tablet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
Sacks, Sam (23 October 2014). "Fiction Chronicle: A Hero for Our Time". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
Sela, Maya (24 October 2013). "'Courageous' novel set in West Bank outpost wins Israeli literary award Israeli author Assaf Gavron wins prestigious Bernstein Prize for writers under 50, for his novel "The Hilltop."". Haaretz. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

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[Kirsch-1] Kirsch, Adam (29 October 2014). "The Great Israeli Novel Smiles at the Settlers With his newly translated novel 'The Hilltop,' Assaf Gavron stakes his claim to be Israel's Jonathan Franzen". Tablet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[Sacks-2] Sacks, Sam (23 October 2014). "Fiction Chronicle: A Hero for Our Time". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[Sela-3] Sela, Maya (24 October 2013). "'Courageous' novel set in West Bank outpost wins Israeli literary award Israeli author Assaf Gavron wins prestigious Bernstein Prize for writers under 50, for his novel "The Hilltop."". Haaretz. Retrieved 29 October 2014.