{"product_id":"the-slaughtermans-daughter-9780805243659","title":"The Slaughterman's Daughter","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOccasionally a book comes along so fresh, strange, and original that it seems peerless, utterly unprecedented. This is one of those books. --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn irresistible, picaresque tale of two Jewish sisters in late-nineteenth-century Russia, filled with boundless imagination and a vibrant style (David Grossman), and enough intrigue and misadventure to stupefy the Coen brothers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her reputation as a \u003ci\u003evilde chaya\u003c\/i\u003e (wild animal), Fanny Keismann isn't like the other women in her shtetl in Russia's 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. 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\u003eYaniv 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Schocken Books Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805243659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 1.00d","brand":"Yaniv Iczkovits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38351934226613,"sku":"9780805243659","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_524f4145-61ff-4a20-8126-7c8d8bcc79bd.jpg?v=1611650174","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-slaughtermans-daughter-9780805243659","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}