Yaniv Iczkovits's "The Slaughterman's Daughter"

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.

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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"

David Grossman's "The Desire to Be Gisella"

Dory Manor's "The Language Beneath the Skin"

Jews and Words

Meir Shalev's "The Blue Mountain"

The Poetry of Avot Yeshurun

Ayelet Tsabari's "Savta"

A. B. Yehoshua's "The Lover"

Meir Shalev's "Four Meals"

Batya Gur's "Murder on a Kibbutz"

Ari Shavit's "My Promised Land"

Yaniv Iczkovits's "The Slaughterman's Daughter"

David Grossman's "The Desire to Be Gisella"

Dory Manor's "The Language Beneath the Skin"

Jews and Words

Meir Shalev's "The Blue Mountain"

The Poetry of Avot Yeshurun

Ayelet Tsabari's "Savta"

A. B. Yehoshua's "The Lover"

Meir Shalev's "Four Meals"

Batya Gur's "Murder on a Kibbutz"

Ari Shavit's "My Promised Land"