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Mordantly funny and deeply moving, this award-winning novel about life in a West Bank settlement has been hailed as "brilliant" ( The New York Times Book Review ) and "The Great Israeli Novel [in which] Gavron stakes his claim to be Israel's Jonathan Franzen" ( Tablet ). On a rocky hilltop stands Ma'aleh Hermesh C, a fledgling outpost of Jewish settlers in the West Bank. According to government records it doesn't exist; according to the military it must be defended. On this contested land, Othniel Assis—under the wary gaze of the Palestinians in the neighboring village—lives on his farm with his ever-expanding family. As Othniel cheerfully manipulates government agencies, more settlers arrive, and a hodge-podge of shipping containers and mobile homes takes root. One steadfast resident is Gabi Kupper, a former kibbutz dweller who savors the delicate routines of life on the settlement. When Gabi's prodigal brother, Roni, arrives penniless on his doorstep with a bizarre plan to sell the "artisanal" olive oil from the Palestinian village to Tel Aviv yuppies, Gabi worries his life won't stay quiet for long. Then a nosy American journalist stumbles into Ma'aleh Hermesh C, and Gabi's wors

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Author

Gavron, Assaf

Publisher

Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476760445

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4 / 5 (236 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14