Yaniv Iczkovits’s “The Slaughterman’s Daughter”

Update: 2021-01-13

Description

On this episode, Marcela reads an excerpt from Yaniv Iczkovits’s novel The Slaughterman’s Daughter: The Avenging of Mende Speismann by the Hand of her Sister Fanny. It is translated from the Hebrew by Orr Sharf.

The protagonist of this book is the titular character, Fanny Keismann, who leaves her home and her wonderful husband, a cheesemaker, and their beloved children, to find her sister’s husband. Adventures and misadventures ensue.

Text

The Slaughterman’s Daughter, by Yaniv Iczkovits. Translated by Orr Sharf. Maclehose Press. Quercus, 2020.

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Yaniv Iczkovits’s “The Slaughterman’s Daughter”

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Yaniv Iczkovits’s “The Slaughterman’s Daughter”

Yaniv Iczkovits’s “The Slaughterman’s Daughter”