''The Hilltop'' ( he, הגבעה, ''Ha-Giv'ah'') is a 2013 Israeli novel by

Assaf Gavron Assaf Gavron ( he, אסף גברון; born 21 December 1968) is an Israeli writer, novelist, translator and musician, formerly a journalist and hi-tech worker. His books have been translated to several languages and won awards such as the Bernste ...

. The novel was "an Israeli best-seller and prize-winner." ''The Hilltop'' is set in an Israeli Jewish settlement in the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

. It was published in Israel in 2013 and in late 2014 in an English translation by Steven Cohen.

Adam Kirsch Adam Kirsch (born 1976) is an American poet and literary critic. He is on the seminar faculty of Columbia University's Center for American Studies, and has taught at YIVO. Life and career Kirsch was born in Los Angeles in 1976. He is the son of ...

calls it "a great Israeli novel", praising Gavron for his contemporary voice. In the

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

, Sam Sacks described ''The Hilltop'' as, describing "superbly orchestrated chaos" making it, "an indispensable novel of... the 'Wild West Bank.'"

Awards and accolades

* ''The Hilltop'' won the Israeli

Bernstein Prize The Bernstein Prize is an annual Israeli literary award for writers 50 years of age and younger. The prize is awarded by the Bernstein Foundation, named after Mordechai Bernstein, who left money in his estate to establish a foundation in order to ...

(2013) and was long listed for the

Sapir Prize The Sapir Prize for Literature of Israel is a prestigious annual literary award presented for a work of literature in the Hebrew language. The prize is awarded by Mifal HaPayis (Israel's state lottery), and is a part of the organization's cultural ...

(2014).

References

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