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

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

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

Creator

• trueIczkovits, Yaniv
• trueIczkovits, Yaniv, 1975-

Contributor

• Scharf, Orr

Author

• trueIczkovits, Yaniv, 1975-

Translator

• Scharf, Orr

Subject

• Jewish families -- Russia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
• trueJewish way of life
• Jews -- Russia -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
• trueJustice
• trueMass murder
• trueMass murder investigation
• trueMissing women
• trueMother-deserted families
• trueMothers
• truePolice
• trueRunaway wives, husbands, etc
• trueRussia
• Sisters -- Fiction
• trueSmall town life
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueJewish families

Genre

• Historical fiction
• Fiction

Language

• eng
• heb
• eng

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."--

Member of

• Tikkun

Cataloging source

VHEI

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Target audience

adult