Product DescriptionWINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE 2021SUNDAY TIMES "MUST READS" PICKECONOMIST "BEST BOOKS OF 2020" PICKKIRKUS REVIEWS "10 BOOKS TO LOOK FOR IN 2021" PICK"Boundless imagination and a vibrant style . . . a heroine of unforgettable grit" DAVID GROSSMAN"A story of great beauty and surprise" GARY SHTEYNGARTThe townsfolk of Motal, an isolated, godforsaken town in the Pale of Settlement, are shocked when Fanny Keismann - devoted wife, mother of five, and celebrated cheese-maker - 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. What on earth possessed her?Could it have anything to do with Fanny's missing brother-in-law, who left her sister almost a year ago and ran away to Minsk, abandoning their family to destitution and despair?Or could Fanny have been lured away by Zizek Breshov, the mysterious ferryman on the Yaselda river, who, in a strange twist of events, seems to have disappeared on the same night?Surely there can be no link between Fanny and the peculiar roadside murder on the way to Minsk, which has left Colonel Piotr Novak, head of the Russian secret police, scratching his head. Surely a crime like that could have nothing to do with Fanny Keismann, however the people of Motal might mutter about her reputation as a vilde chaya, a wild animal . . .Surely not.Translated from the Hebrew by Orr ScharfReviewWithboundless imagination and a vibrant style, Yaniv Iczkovits creates a colorful family drama that spins nineteenth century Russia out of control, and he deliversa heroine of unforgettable grit. Iczkovits wields his pen withwit and panache.A remarkable and evocative read -- David GrossmanA story ofgreat beauty and surprise. A necessary antidote for our times -- Gary ShteyngartThe Slaughterman's Daughter isa miraculous patchwork-quilt of individual stories within stories told by different voices through which Fanny, the Belorussian Jewish slaughterman's daughter, cuts with her butcher's knife in search of justice. That quest for justice is the master story:a feminist picaresque set in a landscape of visionary and intimate historical and physical detail -- George SzirtesTotally compulsive reading -- Rosemary SullivanWith thesweeping grandeur of a Russian epic and thesly, sometimes bawdy humour of the Yiddish greats,The Slaughterman's Daughter isa magnificent triumph -- Bram Presser, author of The Book of Dirt"An extraordinarily vivid portrayal of life in the Pale of Settlement, an area of the pre-revolutionary Russian Empire where Jews were allowed, begrudgingly, to live" -- Antonia Senior ?The TimesA narrativefull of invention and surprises . . . Iczkovits mixes real history, fable and the products of his imagination into anintoxicating, thoroughly enjoyable brew -- Nick Rennison ?Sunday TimesYaniv Iczkovits'brilliant, sweeping novel is set in czarist Russia during the late nineteenth century, but feelshighly relevant and resonant today . . . filled with exquisitely drawn characters . . . bold and provocative -- Elaine Margolin ?TLSA born storyteller . . . Iczkovits isclearly a talent to watch andThe Slaughterman's Daughter is the place to start -- David Herman ?Jewish ChronicleEchoes of Russian and Yiddish literature resound in thisdelightful picaresque, but you need not hear them to enjoy it . . . Technicolour characters, pathos and humour are allwonderfully captured in a nimble translation from the Hebrew ?Economist (Books of the Year, 2020)It'sa genuine pleasure to see all of the different strands of the story come together in the final act.If the Coen brothers ever ventured beyond the United States for their films, they would find ample material in this novel . . . An ultimately hopeful search for small comforts and a modicum of justice in an absurd and immoral world -- New York Times ?Shay K. AzoulayApproaches hi