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The slaughterman's daughter : the avenging of Mende Speismann by the hand of her sister Fanny, Yaniv Iczkovits ; translated from the Hebrew by Orr Scharf

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Iczkovits, Yaniv, 1975-

Translator

Scharf, Orr

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Scharf, Orr

Summary: "When Fanny Keismann turns ten, her father, Grodno's ritual slaughterer, gives her a knife, and she soon develops a talent for her father's trade. But in nineteenth century Russia, ritual slaughter does not befit a wife and mother, so when it comes time to marry and raise a family, Fanny abandons her work and devotes herself to raising her five children. When Fanny's older sister's husband disappears, Fanny leaves her own family and sets out for the great city of Minsk in search of her wayward brother-in-law, armed with her old knife and accompanied by Zizek Bershov, who is either a sly rogue or an idiot. Fanny's mission to help her sister turns into a misadventure that threatens the foundations of the Russian Empire. What began as a family matter in Motol, a peripheral Jewish settlement, breaks the bounds of the shtetl, pits the police against the Czar's army, and upsets the political and social order they all live in."--

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London, MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus, 2020

Extent: 525 pages

Note: Translation of: Tikkun

Isbn: 9780857058287

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Label: The slaughterman's daughter : the avenging of Mende Speismann by the hand of her sister Fanny

Title: The slaughterman's daughter

Title remainder: the avenging of Mende Speismann by the hand of her sister Fanny

Statement of responsibility: Yaniv Iczkovits ; translated from the Hebrew by Orr Scharf

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Prayer after midnight
After midnight prayer
slaughtermans daughter

Title variation remainder: the avenging of Mende Speismann by the hand of her sister Fanny

Creator

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Scharf, Orr

Author

Iczkovits, Yaniv, 1975-

Translator

Scharf, Orr

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Summary: "When Fanny Keismann turns ten, her father, Grodno's ritual slaughterer, gives her a knife, and she soon develops a talent for her father's trade. But in nineteenth century Russia, ritual slaughter does not befit a wife and mother, so when it comes time to marry and raise a family, Fanny abandons her work and devotes herself to raising her five children. When Fanny's older sister's husband disappears, Fanny leaves her own family and sets out for the great city of Minsk in search of her wayward brother-in-law, armed with her old knife and accompanied by Zizek Bershov, who is either a sly rogue or an idiot. Fanny's mission to help her sister turns into a misadventure that threatens the foundations of the Russian Empire. What began as a family matter in Motol, a peripheral Jewish settlement, breaks the bounds of the shtetl, pits the police against the Czar's army, and upsets the political and social order they all live in."--

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Summary: The townsfolk of Motal, a small town in the Pale of Settlement where nothing very extraordinary ever happens, are shocked when Fanny Keismann - devoted wife, mother and noted cheese farmer - leaves her home at two hours past midnight and vanishes into the night. True, the husbands of Motal have been vanishing for years, but a wife and mother? Whoever heard of such a thing. How can it be explained? Surely there could be no link with the peculiar roadside murder on the road to Telekhany, which has left Colonel Piotr Novak, head of the Russian secret police, puzzling over the distinctive way in which all of the victims seem to have had their throats cut according to kosher practice. Surely that could have nothing to do with Fanny Keismann, whatever her past, whatever her reputation as a wilde chaya. Surely not.

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI: 10806477

Cataloging source: VHEI

http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate: 1975-

http://library.link/vocab/creatorName: Iczkovits, Yaniv

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Index: no index present

Literary form: fiction

http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName: Scharf, Orr

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Jews
Jewish families
Sisters

Target audience: adult

http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder: the avenging of Mende Speismann by the hand of her sister Fanny

Label: The slaughterman's daughter : the avenging of Mende Speismann by the hand of her sister Fanny, Yaniv Iczkovits ; translated from the Hebrew by Orr Scharf

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trueThe slaughterman's daughter : the avenging of Mende Speismann by the hand of her sister Fanny

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London, MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus, 2020

Note: Translation of: Tikkun

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Control code: 000066742199

Dimensions: 24 cm.

Extent: 525 pages

Isbn: 9780857058287

Isbn Type: (paperback)

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Other physical details: illustrations, maps

System control number: (OCoLC)1141773515

Label: The slaughterman's daughter : the avenging of Mende Speismann by the hand of her sister Fanny, Yaniv Iczkovits ; translated from the Hebrew by Orr Scharf

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