(Fiction, 464 pp., Hebrew, 2013; English translation, 2014)
Taking on one of the most charged geopolitical issues of our time, this award-winning satirical novel follows the growth of a fledgling Jewish outpost on a rocky West Bank hilltop. Exploiting Israel’s byzantine bureaucracies—the government claims the outpost doesn’t exist, while the military insists it must be defended—the settlement takes in a motley group of new members and launches iffy schemes under the wary gaze of the neighboring Palestinian village.
Review by Ian Sansom, The Guardian, December 19, 2014
Review by Ruth Margolit, Ha’aretz, November 3, 2014
Review by David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2014
Beth Kissileff interviews Assaf Gavron, Jewish Book Council
Tom Teicholz interviews Assaf Gavron, Los Angeles Review of Books, April 6, 2016
