Assaf Gavron: The Hilltop

Hailed as "The Great Israeli Novel" and winner of the prestigious Bernstein Prize, Assaf Gavron's latest novel,The Hilltop, is a monumental and daring work about life in a West Bank settlement from one of Israel's most acclaimed young novelists. By turns serious and satirical, The Hilltop brilliantly skewers the complex, often absurd reality of life in Israel, the West Bank settlers, and the nation's relationship to the United States, and makes a startling parallel between today¿s settlements and the kibbutz movement of Gabi and Roni's youth. Rich with humor and insight, Assaf Gavron's novel is the first fiction to grapple with one of the most charged geo-political issues of our time, and he has written a masterpiece.We'd like you to join us for supper and a discussion of his novel, how he understands the act of writing fiction about politically controversial topics, and how he positions his work in a global literary arena.Thursday, March 5th, 7:00pm, the FHI seminar room.Dinner will be served. Please RSVP to Serena.Elliott@duke.edu