The Blue Mountain is the English name of the first Novel of the Israeli author, Meir Shalev.
Called Roman Russi in Hebrew (literally "Russian Novel"), the original was published in 1988 and became a best-seller. It was translated to English in 1991, by Hillel Halkin.
The narrative is told by a fictional character, Baruch Shenkar, who has lived with his grandfather in a moshav in the Jezreel Valley, since losing his parents at a young age. His grandfather, a Russian immigrant, was one of the founding fathers of the moshav.
In his 40s, after leaving the moshav, Baruch tells the story of his family history, and the history of the moshav, from its establishment during the Second Aliya and up to the older generation of the settlers, in the post-state of Israel years. The novel describes the historical and geographical background of the Jezreel Valley in those years.