What is "borderlife"

Borderlife'' ( "Gader Chaya''", literally: "Hedgerow") is a 2014 novel written by Dorit Rabinyan, published by Am Oved in May 2014.

It became controversial in Israel after being disqualified from Israeli high school curricula for its subject matter of a love story between a Jewish Israeli woman and a Palestinian man. The novel topped bestseller lists once it was rejected by the Israel Education Ministry. The controversy led to protests from high school teachers and principals and Knesset Opposition head, Zionist Union leader Isaac Herzog. Shortly afterward the ministry stated that the novel may be taught in advanced literature classes.

The novel was a winner of the Bernstein Prize for young writers, an Israeli award for Hebrew literature.