{"product_id":"the-slaughtermans-daughter-hardcover","title":"The Slaughterman's Daughter - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYaniv Iczkovits\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If the Coen brothers ever ventured beyond the United States for their films, they would find ample material in this novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Occasionally a book comes along so fresh, strange, and original that it seems peerless, utterly unprecedented. This is one of those books.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e**Winner of the 2021 Wingate Literary Prize**\u003cbr\u003e**Finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Awards, \"Book Club Award\"** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An irresistible, picaresque tale of two Jewish sisters in late-nineteenth-century Russia, \u003ci\u003eThe Slaughterman's Daughter \u003c\/i\u003eis filled with \"boundless imagination and a vibrant style\" (David Grossman). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With her reputation as a \u003ci\u003evilde chaya\u003c\/i\u003e (wild animal), Fanny Keismann isn't like the other women in her shtetl in the Pale of Settlement--certainly not her obedient and anxiety-ridden sister, Mende, whose \"philosopher\" of a husband, Zvi-Meir, has run off to Minsk, abandoning her and their two children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a young girl, Fanny felt an inexorable pull toward her father's profession of ritual slaughterer and, under his reluctant guidance, became a master with a knife. And though she long ago gave up that unsuitable profession--she's now the wife of a cheesemaker and a mother of five--Fanny still keeps the knife tied to her right leg. Which might come in handy when, heedless of the dangers facing a Jewish woman traveling alone in czarist Russia, she sets off to track down Zvi-Meir and bring him home, with the help of the mute and mysterious ferryman Zizek Breshov, an ex-soldier with his own sensational past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yaniv Iczkovits spins a family drama into a far-reaching comedy of errors that will pit the czar's army against the Russian secret police and threaten the very foundations of the Russian Empire. \u003ci\u003eThe Slaughterman's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking and unforgettable work of fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYANIV ICZKOVITS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePulse, Adam and Sophie, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Ethical Thought\u003c\/i\u003e. He held a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University and was a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Tel Aviv. \u003ci\u003eThe Slaughterman's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e was awarded the Ramat Gan Prize and the Agnon Prize; it was also short-listed for the Sapir Prize. Iczkovits lives with his family in Tel Aviv. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eORR SCHARF\u003c\/b\u003e teaches cultural studies and translation theory at the University of Haifa. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThinking in Translation: Scripture and Redemption in the Thought of Franz Rosenzweig\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Slaughterman's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is his first literary translation\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768811389216,"sku":"9780805243659","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/094bf73d7340066a86797d8e5fe21584.webp?v=1780337859","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-slaughtermans-daughter-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}